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<H1>Catholic weekly in nude advert row</H1>
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<P><B style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">MILAN, Italy (Reuters) -- Leading Catholic
publication Famiglia Cristiana has stirred up a media storm in Italy with its
first ever photograph of a naked woman, part of an advertisement for a bathroom
ventilation system.</B></P>
<P>The photograph -- chaste by the standards of Italy's bawdy television shows
and risque news magazines covers -- shows only a female bottom shot through a
misty shower door.</P>
<P>But it has been enough to put Famiglia Cristiana, traditionally the most
popular publication with Italian families, back in the headlines.</P>
<P>"There is no change of position, or of our line. It is just a female outline
behind a misty and dirty window," director Don Antonio Sciortino told Corriere
della Sera on Thursday.</P>
<P>"We saw the advert and approved it. It seemed a little bit on the limit, but
not enough to cause strong consternation. We count on our readers'
maturity."</P>
<P>Famiglia Cristiana has in the past faced outraged readers over its first
underwear advertisement and later over a mineral water commercial which included
a naked child.</P>
<P>In 1996, readers of the magazine -- which usually includes current affairs
features as well as cookery, travel and religious advice -- protested after it
published photographs of low-cut swimsuits.</P>
<P>It has also come under fire from the Vatican for publishing letters on sexual
morality.</P>
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