{"id":292356,"date":"2018-11-01T10:16:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T14:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=292356"},"modified":"2018-11-01T10:19:31","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T14:19:31","slug":"look-whos-been-added-to-the-cologne-cathedral-pope-francis-the-gargoyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2018\/11\/look-whos-been-added-to-the-cologne-cathedral-pope-francis-the-gargoyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Look who’s been added to the Cologne Cathedral: Pope Francis the gargoyle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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To be portrayed in Gothic cathedrals among statues, bas-reliefs and stained-glass windows was a reason for pride, especially in those majestic buildings known as \u201cfactories\u201d for the continuous addition of new masterpieces or their renovation.<\/p>\n

That is why the Dombauh\u00fctte of Cologne (the organization that brings together all the associations of those who work for the maintenance and care of the Cathedral) has dedicated a figurine to Pope Francis: a small gargoyle smiling on the main portal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is only an ornamental gargoyle, it does not serve as a waterspout, so there is no water coming out,\u201d said master builder Peter F\u00fcssenich, in charge of the Dombauh\u00fctte, in an interview with Cologne newspaper \u201cThe Express\u201d.<\/p>\n

In the past, other people have been immortalized in the statues and stained-glass windows of the Cologne Cathedral and on its roof. Indeed, famous FC K\u00f6ln footballers can be spotted, as well as the characters of Cologne\u2019s historic Carnival \u2013 all in elevated positions. And there is also a place for the former secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita Krusciov; United States President John F. Kennedy; French President Charles de Gaulle; and for British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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