Fratelli d'empietà

Church authorities in Rome have ordered the decapitation of an angel in a fresco after an amateur restorer made it look like Giorgia Meloni. The worldly visage was scraped off overnight, and the Church has steered refreshingly clear of any pieties about not wishing to be associated with fascism, demagoguery or the "politics of division." Instead, the local cardinal proclaimed that sacred images should not be inappropriately exploited while their copyright belongs to Vatican Incorporated; while the parish priest complained that the rabble had come to view the icon rather than for the magical chunterings, like people attending a Nuremberg Rally for the torchlight instead of the speeches.