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  • Ad Agency Pitching 'Golden Compass' Ads to Catholic Diocesan Papers Halts Ads

    12/06/2007 8:57:26 AM PST · by NYer · 12 replies · 262+ views
    LifeSite ^ | December 5, 2007 | John-Henry Westen
    BALTIMORE, December 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Controversial advertisements suggested to the nation's top 50 Catholic diocesan papers advertising the upcoming movie "The Golden Compass" have been pulled.  A letter from Advertising Media Plus (AMP) to the papers last week suggested the ads. The ads were based on a positive review of the film by the Office for Film and Broadcasting of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.  LifeSiteNews.com tracked down those in charge of AMP and found surprisingly that it was ultimately the Archdiocese of Baltimore's Cathedral Foundation, which publishes the English weekly version of the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano....