Of Popes and Bears : Can buildings feel?

Top News Article | Reuters.com: "The marble..." which fell from the top of the Supreme Court building"...was above the inscription near the top of the building saying, 'Equal Justice Under Law' and above the allegorical figure representing 'Order,' one of nine sculptured figures on the pediment."

Can this be a coincidence?
Does torture at Abu Gharib evidence a crumbling from the inside?
Does the building itself resent the influence of the appointer?

...add your own rhetorical questions on Papal faiths, bear waste elimination, etc. here in the comments...