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May 15, 2012

Vatican, Benetton reach settlement over kissing-Pope ad

The Vatican and Benetton have reached an out-of-court settlement over the controversial November 2011 campaign which saw a doctored image of Pope Benedict embracing Sheik Ahmad el-Tayeb, president of al-Azhar University in Cairo.

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican and the Italian fashion house Benetton reached an out-of-court settlement after the Vatican took legal action against an ad campaign that depicted Pope Benedict XVI kissing a Muslim leader.

The settlement included the fashion company making an unspecified donation to a Catholic charity and a promise to stop the image from being used by third parties, including being displayed on the Internet, according to a Vatican statement May 15.

Published in International