An upside-down cross is the Cross of St Peter. It recalls an early tradition that Peter, condemned to die in Rome, asked to be crucified head downward because he was not worthy to die as his Lord had. In the last century some have used it against Christianity. They use an inverted crucifix most of all. So the same shape can mean humility or mockery, and the setting tells you which. On a church wall or a pope’s chair it…

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