A German conservative leader said Tuesday he has filed a complaint with prosecutors accusing music channel MTV of disparaging Christianity in an ad for its Vatican parody cartoon “Popetown,” which ...

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A cartoon set in the Vatican is angering German Catholics, even if they haven't watched it yet, writes Derek Scally in Berlin A cartoon set in the Vatican is angering German Catholics, even if they ...

Catholic leaders in Germany are trying to get MTV to take satirical show Popetown off the air. Bishops in Bavaria say the series, which satirises religious communities, is insulting to Catholicism.

It was with disappointment that Catholic organisation Family Life International learnt this afternoon that C4 television plans to proceed with the broadcasting of the offensive Popetown cartoon.

Popetown is a controversial animated sitcom, billed by its producers as "Father Ted meets South Park", following the doodles and scribblings of a student at school during a lesson. His drawings depict ...

Vilnius - The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Lithuania said the church planned to sue cable music channel MTV Lietuva about the cartoon series Popetown, which he said mocked the Pope and all ...

After much consideration, Stuart Murphy, Controller of BBC THREE, has taken the difficult decision not to transmit the animation series Popetown on editorial grounds. The decision has been supported ...

Lithuania Unamused by Pope Satire Lithuanian Catholic Church to Sue MTV over 'Popetown' Lithuanian Catholics are not amused by "Popetown." The Catholic Church in the country is planning to sue MTV ...

BBC Three's controller Stuart Murphy has confirmed that his channel will not air a controversial cartoon over fears it would offend Catholics. Popetown, set in a fictional Vatican, was pulled because ...