Papal preacher attacks 'Da Vinci Code'

by cindy | March 26, 2005 at 05:01 pm | 220 views | 1 comment

Louvre-- at the base of the inverted glass pyramid

VATICAN CITY - A Vatican official railed against "The Da Vinci Code" during a Good Friday sermon in St Peter's Basilica, saying the hit book was an example of "literary and artistic parasitism" in a sex-obsessed society.

Father Raniero Cantalamessa, whose official title is "Preacher of the Papal Household," made his comments in a sermon to an array of cardinals and other Vatican officials during a "Passion of the Lord" service commemorating Christ's death.

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mmbooklover

at 00:15 on March 27th, 2005

Hey-- glad you liked the pix you post here-- I took them in Paris in December 2004. IMHO, any book of fiction that attracts this much attention must have something to it-- even if it is simply the power to engage multitudes of people in enlightening conversations about origins of organized religion-- and the dangers of fundamentalism in any form. How timely!

Intelligent, open-minded, forward-thinking people seek out information and make up their own minds. Here's an interesting place to launch one's studies:
http://altreligion.about.com/library/bl_davincicode.htm

"Each others' lives are our best textbooks." ~Gloria Steinem