Posted on 08/03/2010 7:54:39 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
The online store is offering a baseball cap, a jacket and a range of T-shirts bearing Benedict XVI’s image and the motto of the historic trip – Heart speaks unto heart.
One of the shirts, costing £20, can be customised to include the name of the pilgrim’s local church.
Also on sale are a flag and an £8 electronic flashing candle, which can be waved during the open-air events just as music fans hold cigarette lighters aloft at festivals.
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The online store for the first-ever state papal visit to Britain, which coincides with London Fashion Week, is also selling a £30 blue bracelet featuring “bling” Swarovski crystals.
More traditional items include bookmarks, fridge magnets, keyrings, mugs, plates and a glossy programme.
For the particularly devout there are candles, rosary beads and crosses.
The Roman Catholic hierarchies of England and Wales, and Scotland, will be hoping that sales help cover their costs associated with the visit, likely to be more than £7million.
But there is also a brisk trade in unofficial merchandise, with a website called Catholics With Attitude selling hooded tops bearing slogans such as “Vatican All Stars”, “Team Benedict” and “Top of the Popes”.
The National Secular Society, which is planning public protests during the visit, is selling T-shirts bearing the message “Pope Nope”.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
ROTFL! From 1995:
Choosing Trinkets for a Papal Visit; No Soap or Visors, but Phone Cards Have Church's BlessingViewed through the eyes of a merchandiser, no one on earth has the power to draw more faithful fans than Pope John Paul II.
"A bona fide superstar," said Robert Villani, the official souvenir seller for the Pope's visit next month to New York City and New Jersey. "He is bigger than the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead combined"....
....not surprisingly, the Roman Catholic Church has begun authorizing a local merchandiser to sell official papal souvenirs whenever Pope John Paul II is on the road.
For the Pope's visit to the United States next month, the Archdiocese of New York and the Archdiocese of Newark have selected Mr. Villani's company, Robbi Promotional Advertising of Newark, to sell 23 official papal products. Each archdiocese will get 20 percent of the sales within its borders to help defray the multimillion-dollar cost of the Pope's visit....
....Committees at both archdioceses had to approve each papal product. "People were trying to get us interested in papal coffee mugs and foam rubber miters," said the Rev. Leslie Ivers, director of the New York Archdiocese's office for the papal visit. "These are things that we don't think are in good taste."
As a result, the committees rejected Pope-on-a-rope soap, Pope sunglasses and a tall white liturgical headdress shaped like a miter. Its name: the Vatican Visor.
"I could put a ton of that kind of stuff out there, get a tremendous commission and everyone would laugh all the way to the bank," said Mr. Villani, who added that unlicensed hawkers will probably sell those products and others anyway. "But that's not what this is all about"....
....Both the Archdioceses of Newark and New York selected Robbi from a group of several merchandisers vying for the contract. The archdioceses will get 20 percent of the sale of $16 T-shirts, $20 and $25 sweatshirts, $25 jackets, $8 posters and $10 backpacks....
....The church's foray into partnerships with local merchandisers has not always been smooth. For Pope John Paul II's visit to Denver's World Youth Day in August 1993, the Catholic Church claims it was never paid for millions of dollars worth of souvenirs sold by Famous Artists Merchandising Exchange of Centerville, Ohio. The company in turn sued, alleging that it lost millions because of World Youth Day officials' ineptitude and broken promises. Neither lawsuit has been resolved.
I don’t see any images on that tumbler. If it had a big picture of Joel Osteen then the analogy would hold.
And? Do you have a point?
Do not post anything - including pictures - from jesus-is-savior.com, jesus-is-lord.com or biblebelievers.com or any other sources that promote Jack Chick publications.
...LOL...!! ..!!
"Git yer popecorn here. Popecorn. Git yer popecorn.."
There’s moderation, and then there’s censorship.
Regardless, the photos were not doctored.
The photos were removed because someone had a problem with the sites where they originated. The photos however were accurate.
..LOL...!! ..!! "Git yer popecorn here. Popecorn. Git yer popecorn.."You are really disrespectful ... do you think Jesus thinks you are funny?
You’re right. They didn’t. Good to see you telling the truth.
That "someone" is the Religion Moderator him/herself. The RM sets the rules, and has deemed those sites to be unsuitable for the FR Religion forum.
I don't know, mlizzy.
Do YOU THINK Jesus thinks the pope is a traveling vicar of Christ? Do YOUTHINK Jesus thinks this carnival is RELIGIOUS? or HOLY? or in any way, shape or form, worshipful of CHRIST?
Do YOU THINK Jesus thinks the pope is a traveling vicar of Christ? Do YOUTHINK Jesus thinks this carnival is RELIGIOUS? or HOLY? or in any way, shape or form, worshipful of CHRIST?When you (as a Christian) speak ill of ANYONE (that includes the Pope), you are being disrespectful of Christ, for every single person is His creation.
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