'Da Vinci Code' Producers Likely to Be Hit by Catholic Church

Portending problems for the producers of the film version of Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code, a Catholic cardinal on Wednesday said that the book's success demonstrates "a great anti-Catholic prejudice." Interviewed on Vatican Radio, Genoa Cardinal Tarciscio Bertone said that the book was "full of lies" about the founders of the Catholic faith and added: "My appeal is: Don't read and don't buy" the book. The film version, directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, is due to start production in May.