That look you get when you give the pope a crucifix shaped like a hammer and sickle

That look you get when you give the pope a crucifix shaped like a hammer and sickle

It's the kind of gaze you see when a relative hands a present to a child after not seeing them for a few years.

They don't quite like it. They don't know what they'll do with it. But they remain polite and, well, just keep looking at it until the moment has passed.

And judging by Pope Francis's reaction in La Paz on Wednesday, after Bolivian President Evo Morales handed him a wooden hammer and sickle with a crucifix carved into the front, he's probably wondering whether there's some sort of gift receipt.


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