Rome exhibition takes aim at the Church as papal vote looms

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Rome exhibition takes aim at the Church as papal vote looms

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rome-exhibition-takes-aim-church-papal-vote-looms-225211529.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3bllasw8Bgq1hWPuyitBjA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-05T225211Z_1_CBRE9241RJ300_RTROPTP_2_POPE-SUCCESSION-PROTEST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Italian artists Garullo and Ottocento adjust their artistic protest in the form of a life-sized statue named &quot;the unspeakable act&quot;, during an exhibition in Rome" align="left" title="Italian artists Garullo and Ottocento adjust their artistic protest in the form of a life-sized statue named &quot;the unspeakable act&quot;, during an exhibition in Rome" border="0" /></a>ROME (Reuters) - As cardinals flock to Rome to choose the next pope, two artists have taken the opportunity to stage an exhibition taking aim at the wealth of the Roman Catholic Church and the sex abuse scandals that plagued Pope Benedict. Held in an ancient building where Italy's patron Saint Catherine of Siena died, &quot;The Unspeakable Act&quot; is a life-size model of Benedict in a confessional box, his sumptuous red and cream-colored robes spread about him. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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