Portugal's famed street artist, Bordalo II, has broken into a Lisbon venue where Pope Francis will celebrate a mass next week and rolled out a huge carpet of oversized banknotes to criticize how much the state has spent on the event.
An artwork installation titled"Walk of Shame" depicting carpet with oversized 500 euros banknotes on as a sign of protest over Portugal's state expenditure on Pope Francis' visit, by Portuguese artist Bordalo II, in Lisbon, Portugal July 28, 2023. BORDALO II/Handout via REUTERS
Francis will travel to Lisbon from Aug. 2-6 to attend the World Youth Day global gathering of young Catholics, which is expected to bring together hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. "At the time when many people are fighting to keep their homes, their work and their dignity, millions worth of public funds have been invested to sponsor the tour," the artist, whose real name is Artur Bordalo, wrote on Instagram.
A number of public figures and politicians have criticized the Portuguese state for its share of the expenditure, which the government put at 30 million euros in January, as millions of Portuguese face galloping inflation.
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