Catholic Paper Decries Anti-Vatican Billboard
Oregon Roman Catholics are demanding removal of a billboard that says, “The Pope Is the Antichrist.”
The Interstate 5 sign was rented by Larry Weathers, an elder at Rogue Valley Historical Seventh-day Adventist Church, a small group that is distinct from the main Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The Catholic Sentinel newspaper ran an editorial urging western Oregon’s 290,000 Catholics to call Outdoor Media Dimensions, which leased the sign, and demand removal. A spokeswoman for Outdoor Media said the billboard does not express company opinion.
“We’re not against Catholics or against their religion, just the political, religious organization of the Vatican,” said Weathers, a barber.
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