Vatican drops lawsuit against German magazine

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ABC News, AP - 8/30/12

The German Bishops' Conference says the Vatican has dropped its lawsuit against a satirical German magazine over a cover that depicted Pope Benedict XVI with a yellow stain on his robe.

A Hamburg court had granted an injunction barring the magazine, Titanic, from distributing the image that fronted its July edition, headlined "Hallelujah at the Vatican — the leak has been found!" That was a reference to a scandal over leaked Vatican documents.

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