The Catholic Church in Lithuania today condemned beer-making company Kalnapilio-Tauro Grupe for using a picture of Jesus Christ wearing earphones to advertise its products.
"Many believers are hurt and outraged that the Saviour's image... was used for advertising beer," said archbishop Sigitas Tamkevicius in a statement.
"The use of Catholic symbols for commercial purposes and especially for advertising alcoholic beverages is absolutely unjustifiable," added Tamkevicius, who is chairman of the Lithuanian bishops' conference.
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Did they really need to use Jesus' image to promote their beer? I don't think so. People who like to drink beer don't need a holy figure to promote it to them. They'll buy it anyway.
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