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- By Parinda News Bureau, April 15, 2005, 13:42 IST
Vatican City : A Vatican official railed against ''Gospel of Judas'', an alternative view to traditional Christian teaching which has received wide media attention recently.
On Friday, the official, preaching in the presence of Pope Benedict, also condemned ''The Da Vinci Code'', branding the book and its upcoming film version as just more examples of Jesus being sold out by a wave of what he called ''pseudo-historic'' art.
Father Raniero Cantalamessa, whose official title is ''Preacher of the Papal Household'', made his comments in a sermon during a ''Passion of the Lord'' service in St Peter's Basilica commemorating Christ's death.
In his sermon, Cantalamessa made several scathing references to The Da Vinci Code, without specifically mentioning the name of the worldwide bestseller.
He said that people were fascinated by ''every new theory according to which he (Christ) was not crucified and did not die ... but ran off with Mary Magdalene''
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