On March 15th, 2005, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Archbishop of Genoa, was the first member of the Catholic Church to speak about The Da Vinci Code. The Cardinal told an Italian newspaper "It astonishes and worries me that so many people believe these lies." He also made a statement saying, "The book is everywhere. There is a very real risk that many people who read it will believe that the fables it contains are true."
There was a rumor going around the the Cardinal was asked by the Vatican to "hit back at the book", but these rumors were, of course, denied by both the Cardinal and Vatican. As far as Dan Brown's opinion goes, he still claims that many of the facts his novel reveals are true, and can be proven with evidence!
Whether you're extrememly religious or you just don't care, it's hard not to take a small bit of interest in, not only the book itself, but the real life issues it has ignited.
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I guess how you look at the book depends on how religious you are. If someone that is really religious reads the book, he/she will take everything to be the absolute truth. in the contrary, if you're not religious at all, you would take this book to be nothing but another piece of literature.
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