VATICAN CITY (AP) – God’s love may be free, but the Vatican says it has a copyright on the pope.
Unnerved by the proliferation of papal-themed T-shirts, snow globes and tea towels around the world, the Vatican has warned it intends to “protect” the image of Pope Francis and “stop situations of illegality that may be discovered.” It also wants to protect the crossed keys emblem of the Holy See.
“The secretary of state will undertake systematic surveillance aimed at monitoring the way in which the image of the Holy Father and the emblems of the Holy See are used, intervening with opportune measures when necessary,” the Vatican said in a statement.
To back up this declaration, the Vatican has hired the global law firm Baker McKenzie to protect its intellectual property rights, the Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported. without citing the source of the information. Baker McKenzie declined to comment. more
Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia.
So, they just want a piece of the action?
Well, sh*t! There goes my toilet paper idea!
Dangit. I was just about to start selling naked pope troll dolls.
They should roll out a line of pope inspired butt plugs; Pope Poo Poo Packers.
If they want people to think he is supernatural instead of another run of the mill moron,
He needs to learn to keep his pie hole shut! He is considered “holy” because of tradition.
Has he performed any miracles? Does he walk on water? Just another politician wearing white!
Follow the money.
Hiring a the global law firm isn’t cheap.
Will the pompous Jesuit/Marxist Pope copyright Christ’s Cross next?
Personally IDGAF. If he wants to be the first trademarked pontiff, so be it. Just stop preaching about all the free shit, people should be getting, at the expense of others.
His Holiness©, Bishop of Rome™ will be filling in for the late Brenda Buttner on Fox News’ “Cashing In”.
At first I thought they hired the company to fix his image of being a Marxist idiot after the shit that’s been coming from his mouth lately.
But I see that they don’t have any problem with that. They just don’t want other people to make a profit from him.
Too bad, because someone needs to make voodoo dolls of him.
PopeMarts outside the Vatican property have been peddling this sort of junk for years.
This makes me sad that, considering the Catholic Church teaching have not changed since the time of Christ, that people are cashing in on sacred symbols of our faith. I am also sad that peeps are deriding the faith because of some things that come out of Papa Frankie’s mouth. Many of his words are fair game. I’m not at all fond of him, but I am of the faith. What those who deride the Catholic faith don’t realize, is that even a left wing Jesuit cannot, because of the Holy Spirit, mess with Catholic dogma.
@PHenry…
yep.
http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=132119
This is kind of like copyrighted Bibles…..don’t trust them.
Just another wolf in sheep’s clothing-
The doll in the picture looks like Pope John Paul II.
Cool!
The one for Jorge “Frankie” Bergoglio needs to be in Red…with horns and a tail.
@czar. I was thinking the same thing. Looks like John Paul. I guess they didn’t sell thru so they just changed the name tag.
I wonder if the current pope has actually ever read the Bible.
Yes, Gladys, he has; I’m sure.
He sure *talks* a good line, doesn’t he?!?
It’s just that, in the context of his SouthAm upbringing, it’s all been *so* polluted/poisoned/perverted, that his twisted interpretation may hardly resemble that which most of us comprehend as The Good Book.
*sigh*
I take it as just another “test” of Man.
I’m catholic and am done because of this socialist polician. Pope my ass!
Bring back Benedict.
Benedict, your Church needs you.
So much for the “Pope on a Rope” shower buddy…
Fuck the commie jesuit. 😉
You guys are being mean! 🙂
When I was there in ’86 you had to
fight through a crowd of cheap ass hawkers
selling popa popa junk in the plaza. You’d almost get
attacked for saying no to them. Screw that.
But that pope on a rope idea has merit.