{"id":1522,"date":"2008-12-25T00:27:08","date_gmt":"2008-12-25T04:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglicansamizdat.wordpress.com\/?p=1522"},"modified":"2008-12-25T00:27:08","modified_gmt":"2008-12-25T04:27:08","slug":"nativity-scene-sensitivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/nativity-scene-sensitivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Nativity scene sensitivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/newstopics\/religion\/3933689\/Priest-puts-mosque-in-Nativity-scene.html\" target=\"_blank\">Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Priest puts mosque in Nativity scene.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe miniature mosque, complete with a minaret, was included in the skyline of Bethlehem in the nativity scene at Father Bonzani&#8217;s Our Lady of Providence church in the northern port of Genova.<br \/>\n[\u2026..]<br \/>\nBut Father Bonzani said that his nativity scene was designed to send a message of inter-faith harmony. &#8220;I included the mosque as a sign that we should have more dialogue with the Muslim faith. I do not have any regrets. At the end of the day the most important thing to focus on here is the Holy Family. I have only one had one complaint from within the parish and that&#8217;s it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I enjoy reading stories like this since any time I feel a pull towards Rome, I can recall them and remind myself that the Roman Catholic potty-priest contingent is every bit as daft as its Anglican counterpart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Telegraph. Priest puts mosque in Nativity scene. The miniature mosque, complete with a minaret, was included in the skyline of Bethlehem in the nativity scene at Father Bonzani&#8217;s Our Lady of Providence church in the northern port of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/nativity-scene-sensitivity\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}