This was the moment two environmental activists, Ester and Guido, glued themselves to the base of the famous Laoco\u00f6n statue in the Vatican Museums in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last year, a Vatican court found them guilty of damaging \u201ca public monument of inestimable historical-artistic value.\u201d The group they belong to, Last Generation, called the sentence \u201cdisproportionate and absurd\u201d and appealed the Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the Vatican upheld their guilty verdict and maintained the sentence. Guido and Ester must serve 9 months in prison\u2014which could be suspended\u2014 and pay $30,000 for restoration and to cover the costs of the trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ESTER GOFFI Ester says their intention was never to damage the statue. She states Pope Francis' letter on caring for the environment had also been an inspiration for the group's actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ESTER GOFFI Despite the sentence, Ester says the fight is far from over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ESTER GOFFI If Ester and Guido appeal a second time, there could be one more hearing before the Vatican Court's decision will be final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n KG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In 2022, Ester and Guido glued themselves to a famous statue in the Vatican Museums to bring attention to the ongoing global climate crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":66147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,187,26,27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hl4tyaTnZb4","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bultimagenerazioneeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bultimagenerazioneint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66150"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66152,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66150\/revisions\/66152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Eco-activist, Last Generation<\/strong>
We are aware of the damage that certain actions can cause at times but we feel that such a sentence is disproportionate.
We resorted to the these actions because the traditional ones\u2014demonstrations, sit-ins and everything else\u2014that have already been done in previous decades did not bring their hoped-for results. They did not receive attention.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eco-activist, Last Generation<\/strong>
It is definitely something that influenced us and prompted us to make this action in the Vatican. We did not want to accuse the Vatican government of inaction. But to urge it to take a stand. We then clearly chose the work of the Laoco\u00f6n, because it depicts a character from the Iliad who shouted the alarm to people.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eco-activist, Last Generation<\/strong>
I'm certainly sad. I wouldn't say too disappointed. However, I expected something different and we will appeal again to defend ourselves. We are clearly appealing so the pope sees what he has always reiterated: the importance of the cause we are advancing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n