Playboy magazine has apologized for a controversial cover with a nearly nude women resembling the Virgin Mary.
The December issue was published Thursday, just before the Mexican festival honoring Mary known as Th e Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe
Playboy Enterprises Inc., based in Chicago, says the Mexican version of the magazine is published by a lincesee, so they did not approve the cover.
"The image is not and never was intended to portray the Virgin of Guadalupe or any other religious figure," Raul Sayrols, publisher of Playboy Mexico, said in a prepared statement. "The intent was to reflect a Renaissance-like mood on the cover."
The President of the Catholic League tells TMZ.COM: "Playboy's juxtaposition of the sacred with the profane is a game that many have played, but to exploit Catholicism and insult Latinos in the same breath is novel. The December cover of its Mexican edition demonstrates once again that when it comes to good taste, Playboy remains quintessentially virginal."
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