The Pontifical Council for Culture has expressed concerns over the growing
popularity of the Twilight vampire series, and called its newest film a
“moral vacuum with a deviant message”.
The second in the series, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, hit cinemas worldwide on Friday Nov. 20
“This film is nothing more than a moral vacuum with a deviant
message and as such should be of concern,” said Monsignor Franco
Perazzolo of the Pontifical Council of Culture.
He condemned the film for its occult imagery and described those
elements as a “moral void more dangerous than any deviant message.”
“The theme of vampires in Twilight combines a mixture of excesses
that as ever is aimed at young people and gives a heavy esoteric
element. It is once again that age-old trick or ideal formula of using
extremes to make an impact at the box office, reported imdb.com.
Vatican officials previously criticised the Harry Potter film
franchise for its themes of magic and wizardry, as well as Dan Brown’s
The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons for their depiction of the
Catholic Church.
Twilight, based on books by U.S. author Stephanie Meyer, tells the
story of a romance between vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and
Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart)
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