Horribly tasteless.
However I don't wish any action to be taken against anyone. It's freedom of expression. When people say 'anger of Catholics' what is really meant here is 'anger of a fringe group' who whip a local 'artistic' display into something into national and international proportions for their own PR. What on earth do American Catholic groups have to worry about in an exhibition in Vienna? Whats the point in them distributing the 'naughty' images to a wide audience in quiet outrage other than to promote themselves?
I think the Cardinal did the correct and restrained thing to do.
This isn't an argument about freedom of expression. The art exhibit is not a public institution. This is an argument about whether a Catholic Cardinal should have placed a stamp of approval on this work. The image of the Church has taken enough of a hit without things like this going on.
I've got to agree. I don't have a problem with the work being created or displayed, but not in a Church.
