Washington D.C., Apr 10, 2008 / 00:28 am
An advertisement encouraging people to use the Washington, D.C. Metro to travel to the Papal Mass at Nationals Park was removed from YouTube after Catholic leaders raised concerns about its use of a Pope Benedict bobblehead doll, the Washington Post reports.
The advertisement used a bobblehead doll of the Pope less than eight inches tall. It wore a red cape and a red skullcap, which is called a zucchetto. In a video posted on YouTube, the doll was depicted riding the D.C. Metro, sitting next to a man reading “Car and Pontiff” magazine.
In the video, the man turns to the bobblehead and asks, in Latin, “Car in shop?”
The man then flips the magazine, which had photos of the Popemobile, to the back page, which shows an ad about taking the Metro to Mass. "Thank Heaven for Metro," the man intones in Latin.