The July edition of the Marvel Comic series, “The X-Men,” tells the tale of good and evil by using Catholicism as a backdrop to the story. Along the way, many teachings of the Catholic Church are ridiculed. Among them are the Church’s pro-life position and its belief in the Eucharist as the Body and Blood of Christ. At one point, the pope is revealed as the Antichrist; at another, a former Catholic nun who was raped by a priest is cast as the pope.
Man, it seems that Marvel is pushing *everyone's* buttons this year. We got the trouble with the Catholics with priest rape, trouble with the English with bringing Princess Dianna back from the dead so that she can join X-StatiX and trouble with the fans by firing Mark Waid from Fantastic Four. I guess having successful comic book movies isn't good enough for them now.
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