Cathedral Seeks Truth Behind Da Vinci Code

Dan Brown has to be loving the attention.

With an ailing pope, divisions over homosexuality and their own little gang of pedophiles, one would think the Catholic church would have more important things to work on than promoting book sales for Mr. Brown. And yet, here they are…

Have we elevated this book to the status of Salman Rushdie’s http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/anglophone/satanic_verses/ little theological work yet?

The Da Vinci Code is a modern-day quest for the Holy Grail, the chalice from which Jesus and his disciples are said to have drunk at the Last Supper.

The book says Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had children. But Christians are taught that Jesus never married, was crucified and rose from the dead. The story line has aroused anger among Christians.

The cardinal leading the Vatican’s charge against the Da Vinci Code urged Catholics last week to shun it and branded the bestseller “a sack full of lies insulting the Christian faith.”