Wow, this is like a real-life Onion article.

Church fights Da Vinci Code novel

The Roman Catholic Church in Italy has spoken out against what it says are "shameful and unfounded lies" in the best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code. ... The archbishop told Il Giornale: "The book is everywhere. There is a very real risk that many people who read it will believe that the fables it contains are true."

Do I even have to write anything about this? I mean, geez. The irony of a book-based religion attacking a derivative fiction is like, so thick it's clogging my keyboard.