Wednesday, March 22, 2006
WILL THE VATICAN DECODE ?
VATICAN CITY – Is "The Da Vinci Code" on the Vatican's radar? You wouldn't know it by public pronouncements. Vatican officials have said little or nothing about the book, which has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, or the upcoming movie, expected to open the Cannes Film Festival in May.
The dominant school of thought at the Vatican is that it is always best to ignore a book or film that presents the church unfairly.
"You're only feeding the publicity," said one Vatican official. "I don't think the Vatican will say much about this movie when it comes out -- if anything."
But not everyone feels that way, and there are signs that the Code phenomenon may be reaching the critical mass necessary to provoke something stronger from the Vatican.
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