In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I don't believe it could be considered blasphemous. Very strict old-fashioned Catholics may consider a bit disrespectful to use the "nicchia della Madonnina" for a different purpose, but nobody is blaspheming in the real sense of the term. I don't think that he could be prosecuted. He is trying to get a parking built at the "Mulino di Fronzola" an old mill that still has all the original machinery and stones in working order. And he believes that, when it is built, it would be a real miracle. Just a little prank. No, I do not recognize the guy. But he does have a sense of humour. Nothing wrong with that. I think that even the Madonnina will laugh.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
For those interested in the meaning of the word "blasphemy" according to the Catholic faith, here are all the answers:
[url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02595a.htm]CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Blasphemy[/url]
If this guy goes to confesion, probably he would get a reprimand, he will be asked to promise not to do it again and he will also be given a light penance.... possibly to say 10 times the "Hail Mary"....
I remember that one year at my convent school some girls dressed up a religious image of a saint (I can't remember which one) with one of our uniforms to celebrate the end of the school year. The nuns were furious, but they were never able to catch the culprits. We all knew who they were, but we honoured the "law of silence". And this used to happen quite frequently in good Catholic schools....
Madonna nel un sacrario! Nothing wrong with that. :winki: