There are currently numerous initiatives around the globe to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. In Estonia, as we report this week, visitors are being invited to desecrate an image of Our Blessed Lady. At the National Museum of Estonia, a virtual image of Our Lady of Graces appears on a screen in a glass box. If visitors kick a marked spot on the plinth supporting the box, the image shatters into pieces and is replaced by the word “Reformation”. The screen then refreshes.
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Against the iconoclasts
there are currently numerous initiatives around the globe to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the protestant reformation. in estonia, as...
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