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For both the pendulum and the ice sculpture, it is theoretically possible to devise a way to remove, transport, and store them with all the necessary conditions met, but they would probably be huge and very expensive logistical feats, requiring substantial planning and preparation. The final condition that everything must be removed within 24 hours makes such a feat practically impossible. | For both the pendulum and the ice sculpture, it is theoretically possible to devise a way to remove, transport, and store them with all the necessary conditions met, but they would probably be huge and very expensive logistical feats, requiring substantial planning and preparation. The final condition that everything must be removed within 24 hours makes such a feat practically impossible. | ||
− | As a side note: Catholic canon law would discourage selling such a sculpture and, were such a sculpture to melt, the water would need to be collected "burned, buried, or consumed". | + | As a side note: Catholic canon law would discourage selling such a sculpture and, were such a sculpture to melt, the water would need to be collected "burned, buried, or consumed". [https://books.google.com/books?id=YgmeWy4jm_kC&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=burned,+buried,+or+consumed+catholic&source=bl&ots=aTXNljqPsi&sig=N0un0VGd5huxKafGgwX2iK17ZRQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiA99ulmt7YAhVCY6wKHbg4Bl8Q6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=burned%2C%20buried%2C%20or%20consumed%20catholic&f=false| These are the proper way to dispose of a blessed object]. |
Alternatively, the title text could be read as meaning that there is ''a'' Pietà that has been blessed by the Pope, which formed the basis for this replica, though that would make the ice sculpture itself somewhat less remarkable. | Alternatively, the title text could be read as meaning that there is ''a'' Pietà that has been blessed by the Pope, which formed the basis for this replica, though that would make the ice sculpture itself somewhat less remarkable. |