Stone-Ideas.com

The whole case is indeed very mysterious: On the marble tomb slab of the recently deceased Pope Francis, his name is chiseled so unprofessionally in the stone that it is hard to suspect a mere oversight. After all, it is part of the routine work of stonemasons to design lettering so that the typeface is harmonious and easy to read.

Here, however, the spacing between the letters has gone wrong: The distance around the “A” in the name is far too great.

The Italian weekly newspaper “L’Espresso“ mockingly and succinctly reported on the mishap, quoting a saying attributed to the French poet Gustave Flaubert that God is in the details.

In the meantime, the rumor has begun to churn. In a Vaticannews report, which is only available in German, about the queuing and security checks at the tomb of Pope Francis, the author also discusses the spaces between the letters: “There are already many interpretations, from bungling stonemasonry to secret messages saying: Francis wanted to show one last time that the world is imperfect,“ it says.

However, there has been no official clarification.

L’Espresso (Italian)

Vaticannews (German)