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From: tharr!steveh@relay.eu.net (Steve Hamley)
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Subject: 666 And All That
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Date: 12 Aug 90 13:26:18 GMT
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>                      Just Dial 1-900-230-POPE
 
> [Moderator's Note: If he wanted to get 800 service, I guess MCI would
> be out of the question. After all, 800-666-POPE would be a dead
> giveaway! :)  PT]

Funny you should say that.

In the UK, Redemptorist Publications, who publish a Catholic
newsletter, runs its own premium-charged helplines. They give out such
information as what the church thinks about divorce, what to do when
your kids stop going to mass, etc.

These are on the numbers 0898 666 XXX.

Their service provider also seems to have a slight clash of interests.
At the same time as the Redemptorists were running a line on 'should
you read horoscopes' they announced new improved, interactive
horoscopes run in conjunction with a daily paper.