The German Bishops’ Conference says the Vatican has quietly dropped its lawsuit against a satirical German magazine over a cover that depicted Pope Benedict XVI with a yellow stain on his robe.
A Hamburg court had granted an injunction barring the magazine, Titanic, from distributing the image that fronted its July edition, headlined “Hallelujah at the Vatican – the leak has been found!” That was a reference to a scandal over leaked Vatican documents. Continue reading