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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (1265)	3/16/2005 10:31:22 PM
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Cardinal Urges Catholics to Shun Da Vinci Code Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:06 AM ET By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The cardinal leading the Vatican's charge against The Da Vinci Code urged Catholics on Wednesday to shun it like rotten food and branded the bestseller "a sack full of lies" insulting the Christian faith. In an interview with Reuters inside the Vatican, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone also said Catholic bookstores should take the thriller off their shelves and accused U.S. author Dan Brown of "deplorable" behavior. The novel is an international murder mystery centered on attempts to uncover a secret about the life of Christ that a clandestine society has tried to protect for centuries. "Don't buy this. Don't read this because this is rotten food," said Bertone, the highest ranking Catholic churchman to speak out against the blockbuster. "A lot of novels do good but this book is rotten food ... it does harm, not good," Bertone said in the 30-minute interview in the offices of the Vatican's doctrinal department. "This book is a sack full of lies against the Church, against the real history of Christianity and against Christ himself," said Bertone, archbishop of northern Genoa. The central tenet of the book is that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had children. Christians are taught that Jesus never married, was crucified and rose from the dead. "We can't keep quiet about the truth when faced with all the lies and all the inventions in this book," Bertone said. "Some of the gross falsehoods include the treatment of the death and the resurrection of Christ, which is the central mystery of Christianity," he said. His comments are significant because he is close to Pope John Paul and until 2003 was deputy head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican's most powerful office. Speaking as one of the Church's top theologians, he said the book sows doubts and dangerous confusion among the faithful. Continued ... today.reuters.com