Betrayed With A Kiss

Benetton's latest controversial ad campaign depicting world leaders kissing had folks buzzing, but now the Italian clothing retailer has pulled one of its ads -- the one of the Pope making out with a top Egyptian imam -- right after the Vatican denounced it.

 The photo of the pope kissing Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb of Cairo's al-Azhar institute, the pre-eminent theological school of Sunni Islam, had been on Benetton's website all day but was pulled about an hour after the Vatican's protest.

Benetton had said its "Unhate" campaign was aimed at fostering tolerance and "global love." Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi called the ad an "unacceptable" manipulation of the pope's likeness that offended the religious sentiments of the faithful.