09 April 2015, The Tablet

Double take


 
Est-ce le Pape? Passers-by did a double take outside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris this week when they spotted a smiley Francis giving them a big thumbs-up. It turned out to be a wax model (pictured) created by 15 artists including Iranian-born sculptor Pooneh Aziminejad, which was en route to the Musée Grévin, the city’s famous wax museum.The museum said it decided to unveil it outside the cathedral to symbolise the Pope’s “direct contact with the outside world&
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