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Italian PM Meloni condemns ‘despicable’ vandalism of monument in Rome to late Polish pope

 04.10.2025, 21:44
Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni called the act of vandalism perpetrated on the monument to the late Polish Pope “despicable .” Photo: PAP/EPA/FILIPPO ATTILI / CHIGI PALACE PRESS OFFICE; Mikhail Malykh, Wikimedia Commons
Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni called the act of vandalism perpetrated on the monument to the late Polish Pope “despicable .” Photo: PAP/EPA/FILIPPO ATTILI / CHIGI PALACE PRESS OFFICE; Mikhail Malykh, Wikimedia Commons

An offensive slogan and a hammer and sickle were painted on the statue.