25/05/2025
Pasquino is a marble legend.. under the Pope king anonymous messages were hang on him to make fun of the powerful ones. Still today every two days a message appears in Roman dialect.
Today, he reminds us that:
"Yes, I am made of marble, and I do not deny it, but for thousands of years, even if it does not seem so to you, with this stone mouth I have refuted the arrogance of those who have the power of life and death over an oppressed people, and I do not care about money or blackmail.
You, on the other hand, seem alive, but you have a stone in your heart. And you remain silent while another executioner massacres and starves people, without even changing your expression. We said "never again," but now it's happening again. You are the same people who, here in Rome, shrugged your shoulders and didn't see the people disappearing and the roundups. But remember:
marble is hard, and it never forgets. Today we can see who is with the executioners and who is with the poor. Those who see the massacre in Palestine and say nothing, don't come and tell me you're human, because that's indecent. (Now I'll wrap myself in this shroud so I won't forget those who suffer in Calvary)."