The Catholic Church: Master of Public Relations

Sadly for them, someone told them it meant relations in public.

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It's hard to believe that no one at the magazine looked at that cover and noticed that it might have some unfortunate associations, especially given recent church history. Either they are extraordinarily naive, rather stupid, or somebody on the inside was engaging in a little media sabotage.


It's a conspiracy. I was sent another magazine cover.

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Yeah, the Catholic church is full of mass debaters.

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