Art or blasphemy?

Pope Benedict outraged over sculpture of crucified frog — Geez, ignoring this sort of thing is a better thing to do.

A sculpture of a crucified green frog has the Pope seeing red.

Pope Benedict called the wooden sculpture, “Zuerst die Füsse,” which hangs in the Museion museum in Northern Italy, blasphemous. The work by the late German artist Martin Kippenberger features a frog holding a beer mug and an egg, its tongue lolling out, nailed to the cross like Jesus Christ.

Museum officials had previously defended the piece, stating the artist considered it “a self-portrait illustrating human angst.”

Two years ago the museum, located in the town of Bolzano, was embroiled in another controversy, over a piece of art that featured a toilet flushing while the Italian national anthem played.