Vatican calls for boycott of THE DA VINCI CODE

In a speech made Friday, Vatican official Monsignor Angelo Amato (Pope Benedict's former righthand man) called upon Catholics worldwide to boycott Ron Howard's adaptation of THE DA VINCI CODE, for "slander, offenses and errors that if directed toward the Quran or the Shoah [Holocaust] would justifiably provoke a worldwide revolt. Yet because they were directed toward the Catholic Church, they remain unpunished." This is the second such call to action from Vatican City in the past week. However, notice none of them are originating from the Pontiff himself.

I find it interesting that people of faith, whose beliefs are based on tolerance, forgiveness, and unconditional love of all living things, take every opportunity to cut down artists and their work. Don't they know that's my job?!