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Archbishop Ramon Arguelles has called on Philippine film censors to ban The Da Vince Code for being blasphemous.

Arguelles said that after reading the book, he was convinced that the film could shake the belief of even the most devoted Catholic and urged the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) not to approve it for public screening.

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines appears to be thinking a bit more rationally:

Spokesman Monsignor Pedro Quitorio said other bishops believe that banning the film would only create more controversy, which would intrigue more Filipinos into seeing it.

‘We neither oppose nor endorse its showing,’ he said. ‘We don’t want to ride on the commercialization and marketing hype because we know that this is all marketing strategy and the bottom line here is money. It’s not religion.’

Quite.

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