Ecclesiastical authorities requested the 'restoration of the original features of the face, in the exclusive interest of safeguarding the place of worship and its spiritual function.'
Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, arrives at the Elysee Palace on January 6, 2026, in Paris, FrancePhoto by Tom Nicholson/Getty ImagesROME (LifeSiteNews) — The Vicariate of Rome ordered the removal of a painted angel’s face resembling Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in a Catholic church after public outcry, meanwhile a controversial 2017 mural in Terni – featuring a nude Archbishop Paglia alongside other explicit elements – and many works of disgraced former Jesuit Marko Rupnik remain untouched.
On February 4, the image resembling Meloni at the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina in Rome was painted over (despite having previously been restored) after the Vicariate of Rome, which operates within the Diocese of Rome, instructed the parish priest to ensure the restoration of the chapel’s original features.
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