A company selling papal visit T-shirts and hoodies has been in talks with police after receiving anti-Catholic abuse online.
Staff at Catholics with Attitude, which makes hooded tops with slogans such as “Team Benedict”, “Vatican All Stars”, and “I Love Papa Benny”, said they were “stunned” by the messages.
They said they were particularly worried because one message referred to a specific member of staff by name.
A spokesman said: “We took one look at it and thought: cops. It was not quite a threat, but it definitely had the intention of causing alarm.”
