The Vatican’s Nativity Scene Is Looking Very… Homoerotic

Jesus is looking pretty sexy in Vatican City this season, thanks to artist Antonio Cantone. The nativity scene is causing quite a stir after it was revealed in St. Peter’s Square earlier this month.

The images of men in moist towels were deemed too sexually suggestive — even for Facebook censors! “It is not a campy nativity,” the artist said. “It is particular and makes you think. It leaves no one indifferent; there are provocations.”

The president of Arcigay Naples, Antonello Sannino, told Catholic blog Lifesite that “the presence of the Vatican Nativity Scene for us is a reason to be even happier this year… For the homosexual and transsexual community in Naples, it is an important symbol of inclusion and integration.”

H/T: Queerty

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