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Saints by phone service - blasphemy says Vatican
"An Italian company that is sending virtual prayer cards to the mobile phones of the faithful was accused of blasphemy yesterday by the Roman Catholic Church.
But the Italian bishops' conference last night accused McKay & Sisters, a Milan-based communications company, of offending Catholics by "exploiting" their faith."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml =/news/2007/12/05/wsaints105.xml
I am not a christian or a catholic, so I am struggling to find why this service is blasphemous.
Is it not just providing a service to the faithful?
Are the church being churlish because they think they own all the rights to god?
Or, is this service an affront to catholics?
But the Italian bishops' conference last night accused McKay & Sisters, a Milan-based communications company, of offending Catholics by "exploiting" their faith."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml =/news/2007/12/05/wsaints105.xml
I am not a christian or a catholic, so I am struggling to find why this service is blasphemous.
Is it not just providing a service to the faithful?
Are the church being churlish because they think they own all the rights to god?
Or, is this service an affront to catholics?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.is this somehow worse than the thousands of shops around Rome selling plastic madonnas and so forth?
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Three euros per week sounds very cheap, just think of all the ungodly rubbish you could spend this on.
If it helps people to keep in touch with their faith, then that must be a good thing.
I would be very interested in this and will enquire in my local diocese, with a view to subscribing to this service.
If it helps people to keep in touch with their faith, then that must be a good thing.
I would be very interested in this and will enquire in my local diocese, with a view to subscribing to this service.
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