Wanted: "Someone who can move the Catholic product in a crowded lifestyle marketplace"

[Martin Kaminer]

Going nearly back to Mad Men days:


Frank Perdue requests an audience with the Pope. He kneels and says to His
Holiness,"Holy Father, I have a proposal I'd like you to consider. I would
like to contribute a million dollars to the Church if you can do one simple
thing -- change a few words of the The Lord's Prayer from 'give us this day
our daily bread' to 'give us our daily chicken'.

The Pope replies, "Mr. Perdue, I am impressed by your generosity but cannot
accept -- these are matters of sacred liturgy, they are not for sale."

"How about for $10 Million?" offers Frank.

The Pope says, "Again Mr. Perdue your devotion to the church is admirable
but this is not a matter even for the Pope to decide.  Nonetheless simply
as a courtesy I will raise the issue with the College of Cardinals..

The chicken executive says, "John Paul, you drive a hard bargain, my final
offer -- $100 Million.'

Perdue leaves and the Pope waits till he's ushered out, then pushes a
button on his intercom and says "Boys -- it's time to review the Wonder
Bread account."



On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 7:40 AM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

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> This is pretty similar to the current issues besetting the Republican
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> Fred Shapiro
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> > He's not wrong of course
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> Or is he? An interesting jaunt to the borderlands where style and substance
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> JL
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> > CNN correspondent in Rome opining on the qualities the Cardinals will be
> > seeking in the next Pope; overheard at the gym this morning.
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> > He's not wrong of course, just amusing to hear it in Madison Avenue
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