Vatican considers call for boycott of Angels & Demons

THE Vatican might be gearing up for an official call for a boycott of Angels & Demons, Ron Howard’s big-budget follow-up to The Da Vinci Code.

Avvenire, the Vatican’s official newspaper, ran a story noting that the Church “cannot approve” of such a problematic film.

The Turin daily La Stampa, meanwhile, said the Vatican would soon call for a boycott of the film, though the same article also quoted Archbishop Velasio De Paolis, who warned against a “boomerang effect” that could call attention to the film and eventually make it more popular.