The Roman Catholic Church has acknowledged that the obelisks were "dedicated to the Sun by an Egyptian king" and that they once "brought vain magnificence [sic] to sacrilegious pagan temples."
Kereke ya Katoliki ya Roma e ne ya dumela gore difikantswe di "neetswe Letsatsi ke kgosi ya Egepeto" le gore nako nngwe di kile "tsa bo e le dilo tse di makgapha tse di se nang mosola tse di neng di kgabisitse tempele ya baheitane."