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People look at a statue of Pope John Paul II, by Italian artist Oliviero Rainaldi, stands in front of the Termini train station, at Piazza dei Cinqucento on May 19, 2011 in Rome, Italy
Thursday, May. 26, 2011

Open quoteIn Italy, everyone thinks they're the coach of the national soccer team. Now we have a nation of 60 million art critics. Close quote

  • UMBERTO BROCCOLI,
  • head of Rome's Cultural Heritage Department, after a sculpture of Pope John Paul II was unveiled at the city's Termini train station last week; it has provoked outrage so much outrage that a commission has been named to rule on its fate
Photo: Giorgio Cosulich / Getty Images | Source: New York Times