Communion took on a sweet taste in Buenos Aires recently, as its culture minister ditched consecrated bread and instead plumped for bloody cake.

Despite being the birthplace of Pope Francis, Argentina remains more secular than many of its more enthusiastically Catholic neighbours. But that’s not to say that religious voices refuse to be stirred – especially when there is cake involved. Buenos Aires’ culture minister Enrique Avogadro has landed himself in hot water after a video of him eating a contentious sweet went viral. The offending cake he took a bite from had been an art piece in an exhibition (before being carved up and eaten, that is) and was shaped like the crucified body of Christ, complete with red-frosting stigmata. Avogadro has been forced to apologise although he has also said that art should sometimes make people feel uncomfortable. He’s probably praying for the World Cup to redouble its speedy arrival – when all eyes will shift to a certain Lionel Messi.