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Vatican accuses media of “imitating Dan Brown”

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The Vatican’s number 2 accused the media on Monday of trying “to imitate Dan Brown” in their coverage of the VatiLeaks scandal and said the Roman Catholic Church’s latest travails were part of the Devil’s attempt to destabilize it.

The interview with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who ranks second only to Pope Benedict in the Vatican’s hierarchy, was the latest attempt at damage control by senior Vatican officials since the leaks scandal began in January.

In a rare interview with the Italian Catholic magazine Famiglia Cristiana, Bertone, the Vatican’s secretary of state, accused the media of “intentionally ignoring” the good things the Church does while dwelling on scandals.

“Many journalists are playing the game of trying to imitate Dan Brown,” said Bertone, referring to the best-selling author of novels such as “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels and Demons”.

“They (journalists) continue to invent fairytales and repeat legends,” he said. [more]

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5 Comments

  1. Carl says:
    June 19, 2012 at 11:52 am

    Tarcisio Bertone: “They (journalists) continue to invent fairytales and repeat legends,” he said.

    Well, not very self-conscious, is he!

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  2. Recovering Catholic says:
    June 19, 2012 at 11:26 am

    Here’s an interesting idea: How about taking “personality responsibility” for all the corruption in the Catholic Church for the last 2,000 years and not blame it on a scapegoat devil! These guys should be laying protrate on the floor begging for forgiveness for all the crimes they’ve committed. And you know something; we’d all forgive them if they’d do just that instead of acting like whining crybabies and straighten up and be transparent from here on.

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  3. Francis says:
    June 19, 2012 at 9:45 am

    I do believe the media wants this to be more than it really is – come on – it has to sell something in this 24/7 so-called news reporting. But the devil?! For goodness sake!

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  4. Tony says:
    June 19, 2012 at 9:35 am

    “the Devil made me do it “.
    Blae everybody but yourself.
    Hoe childish and immature these old guys are!

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