![Evo Morales tried to give Pope Francis a crucifix shaped like a hammer and sickle. He refused the gift. | The Week Evo Morales tried to give Pope Francis a crucifix shaped like a hammer and sickle. He refused the gift. | The Week](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fgz99AjKQGsLUesQxuxkDo.jpg)
Evo Morales tried to give Pope Francis a crucifix shaped like a hammer and sickle. He refused the gift. | The Week
Bolivian President Evo Morales presents Pope Francis with 'communist crucifix' | news.com.au — Australia's leading news site
![Vatican bewildered by Bolivia's 'communist crucifix' gift to Pope Francis | Pope Francis | The Guardian Vatican bewildered by Bolivia's 'communist crucifix' gift to Pope Francis | Pope Francis | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3198412f9fa20acfccb3fa46bea3d67ec4009bed/0_36_2997_1799/500.jpg?quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e15d6ed7249f6d81c2773f731b105502)
Vatican bewildered by Bolivia's 'communist crucifix' gift to Pope Francis | Pope Francis | The Guardian
![Mariana Atencio on X: "The Pope's face when Evo Morales gives him Christ on the cross with the communist hammer and sickle... http://t.co/DHRBBoCS3u" / X Mariana Atencio on X: "The Pope's face when Evo Morales gives him Christ on the cross with the communist hammer and sickle... http://t.co/DHRBBoCS3u" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJeKRgbVAAE-ouo.jpg)
Mariana Atencio on X: "The Pope's face when Evo Morales gives him Christ on the cross with the communist hammer and sickle... http://t.co/DHRBBoCS3u" / X
![That look you get when you give the pope a crucifix shaped like a hammer and sickle - The Washington Post That look you get when you give the pope a crucifix shaped like a hammer and sickle - The Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_908w/2010-2019/Wires/Images/2015-07-09/Reuters/2015-07-09T230051Z_01_ASB531_RTRIDSP_3_POPE-LATAM-BOLIVIA.jpg)
That look you get when you give the pope a crucifix shaped like a hammer and sickle - The Washington Post
![RORATE CÆLI: For the record: Pope Francis personally clarifies that he was not offended by Hammer-and-Sickle "crucifix", explicitly acknowledges the Marxism of its Jesuit originator -- and praises him. RORATE CÆLI: For the record: Pope Francis personally clarifies that he was not offended by Hammer-and-Sickle "crucifix", explicitly acknowledges the Marxism of its Jesuit originator -- and praises him.](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UHCaVxPN3xE/VaQYxC0Y-0I/AAAAAAAABm8/xtiHnJG9Ufk/s1600/Papal_Honors.jpg)
RORATE CÆLI: For the record: Pope Francis personally clarifies that he was not offended by Hammer-and-Sickle "crucifix", explicitly acknowledges the Marxism of its Jesuit originator -- and praises him.
![Vatican bewildered by Bolivia's 'communist crucifix' gift to Pope Francis | Pope Francis | The Guardian Vatican bewildered by Bolivia's 'communist crucifix' gift to Pope Francis | Pope Francis | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/894b120a2399617a5af5093e305770c5f05275d7/0_182_2984_1790/master/2984.jpg?width=1200&height=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=a3e3588f6e90d5001c00e6602e88b1c7)
Vatican bewildered by Bolivia's 'communist crucifix' gift to Pope Francis | Pope Francis | The Guardian
![Arriving in Bolivia, Pope Francis insists on church's role in public life | National Catholic Reporter Arriving in Bolivia, Pope Francis insists on church's role in public life | National Catholic Reporter](https://www.ncronline.org/files/stories/images/LaPaz1.jpg)