New York — The famous St. Patrick Cathedral in New York reveals a huge new mural that honors the city’s immigrants.
It extends on both sides to the Manhattan Landmark entrance, the 25 -foot artwork (7.6 meters) of daily immigrants and prominent historical figures in a Federal campaign to migrate It has been divided into many societies throughout the country.
The piece was not intended for a political message, according to Reverend Enrique Salvo, head of the Roman Catholic Church, but nevertheless sends a message.
“We want anyone who comes to feel love and welcome,” said Salvo, an immigrant from Nicaragua. “It is a reminder that it does not matter what is happening … politically. We have to treat everyone with love and respect.”
The Cardinal Timothy Doulan, the head of the New York bishops, said that the work, titled “What is very funny about peace, love and understanding”, also illuminates the 6 million visitor visitor who come to the church every year.
“We thought at least we needed to raise some lighting.”
A mural, by local artist Adam Kivganovich, partially honors Irish immigrants who contributed to the construction of the cathedral. Doulan pointed out that the saints Mary, Joseph and John said that the Evangelist, according to the Catholics, shows the appearance in Knock, which, according to the Catholic science, according to the saints, in the same year, in the same year, opened the doors. Elsewhere, Irish immigrants are seen on board a ship.
Other scenes show migrants in the modern era alongside the famous local figures, including journalists and social activists Dorothy Day and Pierre Tucson, a former slave of Haiti who has become a major improved in the city, and former New York ruler Alfred E Smith, the first Roman Catholic to obtain a major nomination for the president.
Cvjanovic said it is also important to represent the original Americans in the piece, which is characterized Saint Kateri TikakuithaThe first original American saint.
Doulan praised the painter to create what he described as “a poem of the greatness of this city and those who came here, and those who turned into their leaders.”