Italian regulator pulls blasphemous crisps advert from the airwaves catholicherald.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from catholicherald.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Italy’s advertising standards authority pulled a 30-second TV ad by an Italian snack company after it stoked outrage and accusations of blasphemy among Roman Catholics for replacing the Eucharist with potato chips.
The Italian Association of Radio and Television Listeners said the commercial for Amica Chips is blasphemous and “offends the religious sensitivity of millions of practicing Catholics by trivializing the comparison between the potato chip and the consecrated object,” according to CNN and the Catholic News Agency.
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Commercial showing nuns eating potato chips for Communion sparks outrage wpxi.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wpxi.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.