"DaVinci" marketing mayhem: Pope's minions enter frey

The Church’s move today against “The DaVinci Code” baffles us on many levels.

For one, there’s the E! reportage,

Monsignor Angelo Amato, the number two official in the Vatican’s powerful doctrinal office, has urged Catholics everywhere to boycott the upcoming Tom Hanks film on the basis that it patently “offended” the Christian faith.”

“Powerful doctrinal office?” What’s so powerful about it? As a former Catholic myself, I’m couldn’t even hazard a guess at what this means.

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