The deceased John Paul II is lying on a catafalque.George Bush is standing over him.
The speech bubble next to his face says: "What happened to Santa?".
This Christmas card is selling like hot cakes in
Poles have already informed they would organise street protests.
"It's appalling. Using the image of the deceased Holy Father is a scandal. Muslims protested at the cartoons deriding Muhammad. Why should offending Christians go disregarded?", says Tomasz Giza, who has lived in
The case has been discussed in Polish Radio London 24, with hundreds of listeners expressing their outrage on the phone. It was then that an idea to organise street protests was conceived.
"Retailers should be banned from selling the postcards. Even if the deceased person were not the pope, it would still be grossly disrespectful. I mean, it is a funeral photo, after all", says Karolina Stolecka, working in one of
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