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Mormon cover art sparks row for Catholic publisher

Thursday, August 27th, 2020

A Catholic publisher has apologized for using a Mormon image on the cover of two of its 2021 publications. Oregon Catholic Press said the use of the image of the Mormon figure of Moroni was a mistake.

The company believed it to be a general image of an angel.

The artist – a Catholic who abandoned the faith for Mormonism – had listed the image as of Moroni on his own social media account. Read more

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