The Catholic Church in Israel requested the removal of works that she considers offensive to the Haifa Museum, among which one representative the crucifixion of Jesus, but with Ronald McDonald's clown of the chain McDonald's fast food restaurant. Demonstrations took place in front of the museum and through press releases. The information comes from G1.
The work, entitled "McJesus", is part of the exhibition "Sacred Goods" and was created by the Finnish Jani Leinonen. Other characters represent Jesus, like the Ken doll. The Barbie doll appears as the Virgin Mary.
"We understand that the purpose of the exhibition is to criticize the consumer society, we subscribe to these criticisms.However, the misuse of the most important facts of our Christian religion is unacceptable to many Christians and non-Christians, "said in a statement the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land. Source: Istoe.