Comedian Maurizio Crozza performs during a TV show, in this ...
16th Nov 2006, 20:03 GMT
(AP) - Comedian Maurizio Crozza performs during a TV show, in this file photo taken on Nov.10, 2005. Maurizio Crozza's latest satire on TV, with a hysterical Pope Benedict XVI's speaking a German-accented Italian, shooting pigeons on his ledge over St. Peter's Square because they disturb ''people who have work to do'' or throwing burning candies to the ''dear children'' in the square, stirred bitter criticism in the Catholic press Wednesday, Nov 15 2006, with Avvenire, the daily newspaper of the Italian Bishops Conference, terming Crozza's humor as ''failed satire which is not without cowardice.'' The Vatican had no official comment, but Italian newspapers carried comments by the pope's secretary dismissing the satire as ''unacceptable'' and insisting that Benedict never watched or listened to the programs. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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