Here's an article that caught my attention:

By Philip Pullella

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - In the latest Vatican broadside against "The Da Vinci Code", a leading cardinal says Christians should respond to the book and film with legal action because both offend Christ and the Church he founded.

Cardinal Francis Arinze, a Nigerian who was considered a candidate for pope last year, made his strong comments in a documentary called "The Da Vinci Code-A Masterful Deception."

Arinze's appeal came some 10 days after another Vatican cardinal called for a boycott of the film. Both cardinals asserted that other religions would never stand for offences against their beliefs and that Christians should get tough.

You can read the whole article here. Personally, I don't give a shit. I've been loaned a copy of the paperback version of the book, and still haven't bothered to read it. I'd like to read it, but it's too big to pack into my briefcase to read on the train commute.

Let's just say that I have no sympathy with the Vatican for how irrelevant it's become over the centuries, given its control-freak nature. The shriller it gets, and the more out of touch it gets, the more irrelevant it gets. These prelates can whine all they want, but nobody listens. Their entire attitude is "We are closer to God than you, so listen to us, or go to hell!"

Personally, I don't care whether there's a god or not. My carcass is either going to be buried or incinerated. I don't give a shit either way. The Vatican is merely breeding agnostics among my and younger generations. It could declare me a heretic and excommunicate me, and it would be meaningless to me. Completely and totally meaningless. My advice to you freaks in the Vatican would be to just get over your high and mighty selves!