A level-headed response
Fr. John Wauck's recent Associated Press (AP) interview provides a balanced response to a pressing question: will the DaVinci Code draw throngs of Catholics away from their faith? His reponse, as well as that of Opus Dei, is that it is a work of fiction that represents a bigger issue, that is, people's ignorance.
"As a book, 'The Da Vinci Code' doesn't merit serious attention," Wauck told AP in a telephone interview before the conference. "However, as a phenomenon it demands serious attention, because a book that sells 40 million copies is not just a book, it tells us something about our society and the world we live in," Wauck said.
The novel's success is a sign that there is "tremendous religious ignorance" but that readers also have a thirst for history, art, symbolism and a more spiritual life, Wauck said, indicating that the movie might draw some people closer to Catholicism."
Well said.
"As a book, 'The Da Vinci Code' doesn't merit serious attention," Wauck told AP in a telephone interview before the conference. "However, as a phenomenon it demands serious attention, because a book that sells 40 million copies is not just a book, it tells us something about our society and the world we live in," Wauck said.
The novel's success is a sign that there is "tremendous religious ignorance" but that readers also have a thirst for history, art, symbolism and a more spiritual life, Wauck said, indicating that the movie might draw some people closer to Catholicism."
Well said.
posted by Joseph McCormack at 3:48 PM
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