Benetton

Pope blessing gay marriage is not ‘offensive’?

By David Gibson — January 10, 2013
Apparently not in New Zealand, where the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that a four-and-a-half story billboard depicting Pope Benedict XVI blessing the marriage of a male couple “is unlikely to cause widespread offence.” The billboard was put up in December in central Auckland and Wellington by an electric company, Powershop, to show support for […]

Vatican settles with Benetton over pope-kissing ad

By Alessandro Speciale — May 15, 2012

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican has settled a lawsuit with Benetton clothing group for using the image of Pope Benedict XVI kissing a Muslim imam in an ad campaign. By Alessandro Speciale.

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