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02/21/2006:

"Bishops urge boycott of South Park broadcaster"

Bishops in New Zealand have urged the country's 500,000 Roman Catholics to boycott a network which plans to air an episode of South Park featuring a bleeding statue of the Virgin Mary.

The episode, Bloody Mary - to be screened on May 10 by TV Works - shows a statue of Mary bleeding, taken to be a miracle until the pope says it is menstruation. A letter from New Zealand's seven Catholic bishops, read at masses, called the episode "ugly and tasteless".
guardian.co.uk