World News 18-03-2005 who: Archbishop of Genoa, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone what: Says bestseller The Da Vinci Code is "shameful" where: Genoa, Italy when: This week snippet: "Author Dan Brown`s fictional book starts off with a murder investigated by a couple who discover that Jesus got former prostitute Mary Magdalene pregnant," says The Sun. "It also describes the powerful secret Catholic society Opus Dei, whose members include Education Secretary Ruth Kelly, and makes shock claims about the Church." In other book news, The Independent reports on French celebrations marking 100 years since the death of Jules Verne; The Telegraph says the New International Version of the Bible has made more than 45,000 changes, "about seven per cent of the text"; The Guardian reports that the three-time Whitbread children`s book prize-winner Geraldine McCaughrean has been chosen to write a sequel to Peter Pan; and The Scotsman reports that the owners of the rights to Tintin have refused to allow Hergé`s comic strips to be exhibited by the Made in Belgium exhibition at the Dexia art centre in Brussels. [... more]

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