Man crushed to death by giant crucifix dedicated to Pope

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Man crushed to death by giant crucifix dedicated to Pope

An Italian man was crushed to death on Thursday by a giant crucifix dedicated to the late Pope John Paul II, just days before the Polish pontiff will be made a saint in a ceremony at the Vatican.

In a bizarre coincidence, the 21-year-old man was reported to have been living in a street named after Pope John XXIII – who will also be canonised in the ceremony on Sunday, in an event that is unprecedented in the 2,000 year history of the Catholic Church.

The man, named as Marco Gusmini, was posing for a photograph with a group of friends in front of the 100ft-high cross when it suddenly collapsed.

A large, 20ft-high statue of Christ the Redeemer was attached to the crucifix, which was created for John Paul II’s visit to Brescia, in the northern region of Lombardy, in 1998.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/10786410/Man-crushed-to-death-by-giant-crucifix-dedicated-to-Pope.html

[intaglio]

1. It's a miracle!

God obviously is complaining about the hurried beatification and canonization - or something

[Tsiyu]

2. When i first saw this in GD ( though you probably posted first )

my immediate reaction was to ____________________ out ____________.

I am so going to hell.

[MADem]

3. Freakish accident... nt

[Warren DeMontague]

4. Yeah, it's funny how every time stuff like this happens, fundamentalists are like

"you can't read meaning into these random events".

Right, but a hurricane means God's mad about gay marriage.