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A German conservative leader said Tuesday he has filed a complaint with prosecutors accusing music channel MTV of disparaging Christianity in an ad for its Vatican parody cartoon “Popetown,” which ...

A cartoon set in the Vatican is angering German Catholics, even if they haven't watched it yet, writes Derek Scally in Berlin A cartoon set in the Vatican is angering German Catholics, even if they ...

It was with disappointment that Catholic organisation Family Life International learnt this afternoon that C4 television plans to proceed with the broadcasting of the offensive Popetown cartoon.

A website has been launched to protest C4 television's plans to proceed with the broadcasting of the offensive Popetown cartoon. Popetown disrespects our current Pope Benedict XVI, as well as the ...

Catholic leaders in Germany are trying to get MTV to take satirical show Popetown off the air. Bishops in Bavaria say the series, which satirises religious communities, is insulting to Catholicism.

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Popetown is a controversial animated sitcom, billed by its producers as "Father Ted meets South Park", following the doodles and scribblings of a student at school during a lesson. His drawings depict ...

BBC Three has decided not to show a cartoon set in a fictional Vatican over concerns it would offend Catholics. The channel's controller said the comic impact of Popetown did "not outweigh the ...

BBC Three's controller Stuart Murphy has confirmed that his channel will not air a controversial cartoon over fears it would offend Catholics. Popetown, set in a fictional Vatican, was pulled because ...