Vatican Withdraws Suit Seeking to Block Stained Image of Pope
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The Vatican dropped a lawsuit that sought to block publication of a German satirical magazine cover showing Pope Benedict XVI with a waist-level stain on his gown.
The Holy See withdrew the legal challenge against Titanic Verlag GmbH, according to a statement today on the website of the Catholic German Bishops Conference. A hearing scheduled for tomorrow at a Hamburg court won’t take place, the court said.