Pope Francis receives Israeli artwork depicting Jesus

An impromptu artwork made from a formation of branches by an Israeli artist found its way to Pope Francis who considered it a very special gift.

When artist Nilly Shachor from Moshav Sde Warburg near Kfar Saba was walking in the fields near her home recently, she tripped and fell. When she got up, she saw that she had tumbled on some branches that lay on the ground in an unusual formation, reminding her of Jesus – two branches spreading sideways like human arms, a disheveled head and long thin legs. Even a wreath of thorns was in place on his head. Shachor took the branches home, cleaned them and embellished the wreath with some more twigs and thorns.

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