"In the neo-gothic splendor of New York's St Patrick's Cathedral, a throng of today's immigrants mostly Latino, Asian, and Black pause on a hillside slope with their humble sacks and bags. A man in a T-shirt cradles an infant, a kid in sneakers sits glumly in the foreground. Overhead in the towering clouds, the Lamb of God stands on a white altar amid the clustering gleam of golden pendulous stripes evoking the presence of God."
"Titled What's So Funny about Peace, Love, and Understanding (after the Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello song), the 25ft-tall multi-part mural by New York artist Adam Cvijanovic celebrates the church and city's tradition of welcoming immigrants. In this particular time of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents dragging people off the streets, it constitutes a prodigious rallying cry a luminous affirmation of empathy and solidarity."
St Patrick's Cathedral features a 25-foot, multi-part mural titled What's So Funny about Peace, Love, and Understanding by Adam Cvijanovic that depicts a throng of immigrants—mostly Latino, Asian, and Black—on a hillside with humble sacks, alongside a T-shirted man cradling an infant and a glum child in sneakers. The upper register shows the Lamb of God on a white altar amid golden, pendulous stripes evoking God's presence. The mural celebrates the cathedral's and city's tradition of welcoming immigrants, responds to ICE street removals as a rallying cry for empathy and solidarity, and marks the largest permanent artwork commissioned in the cathedral's 146-year history.
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