In the latest episode, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone ,
a powerful figure in the Vatican on matters of Church doctrine,
denounced the novel last week , calling on Catholics not to buy or read
the book, which he termed, "rotten food" and a "sack of lies.
"The recent statements probably also have something to do with
Pope John Paul II's health and the widening discussion of Church
directions on policy and theology in the future.S. More than 75 world class experts
with widely varying viewpoints--historians, theologians, art experts,
scientists , philosophers, linguists, occultists, medievalists, Bible
text experts, and other specialists--have contributed articles,
interviews, and book chapters to the two "Secrets" books.95/ISBN 1-59315-022 -9
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De Bono is the originator of
the concept of lateral thinking and has published widely on the
subject of creative thinking.
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He designed many inventions that anticipated modern technology but were rarely constructed in his lifetime.

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UAT chose to name its most outstanding award after Leonardo da
Vinci, the archetypal Renaissance man.
"Over the last two years, many Catholic scholars and theologians
have welcomed the discussion of the Da Vinci Code as an opportunity to
offer traditional Catholic viewpoints on controversial modern
questions .

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The Petroleum Company of
Norway attributes the implementation of his methods to cost-effective
drilling techniques in the North Sea, while the Australian cricket
team, which adopted his thinking skills program, has since gone on to
21 straight victories, including an important match over England in
international competition.
In a statement issued today, Dan Burstein said, "I respect
Cardinal Bertone's opinion and his right to that opinion. Nor is the call for a ban likely to put a
damper on The Da Vinci Code 's sales, which will continue setting world
records, while feeding the intellectual hunger of many readers to
learn more about the ideas discussed in the book.

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This new swirl of controversy may have something to do with next
year's upcoming movie version of The Da Vinci Code, which will
inevitably be seen by many more people than even the millions who read
the book.
"In short, I expect we will hear much more about this controversy
in the next few weeks, but don't assume it has all that much to do
with the actual novel.
Secrets of Angels + Demons made its debut on The New York Times
bestseller list recently at #25.

He has been described as a universal genius.

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He has published 68 books on deliberate thinking
skills training. Several new
titles in the "Secrets" series are planned for 2005-6.com

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Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance architect , musician, anatomist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, geometer, and painter.

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----The University of
Advancing Technology (UAT) has awarded the Leonardo da Vinci Medallion
to Professor Edward de Bono, a Rhodes Scholar, the holder of three
doctoral degrees and the world's most prolific author of books on the
deliberate teaching of thinking skills. UAT currently enrolls approximately 1,000 students from all
50 states and over 20 foreign countries.

Leonardo's famous paintings include The Last Supper and Mona Lisa.

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Religion Writers/Entertainment Editors/Book Editors

NEW YORK ----Controversy continues
to swirl around The Da Vinci Code, even after two full years on the
bestseller list, more than 25 million copies sold worldwide, and the
creation of a multibillion dollar industry that includes everything
from Da Vinci Code tours of Paris to the upcoming Da Vinci Code movie
starring Tom Hanks.

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Burstein and de
Keijzer's books, Secrets of the Code (about The Da Vinci Code) and
Secrets of Angels + Demons (about Dan Brown's "prequel" to Da Vinci
Code), each bring together a wide range of experts to comment on the
Dan Brown novels. This practice was apparently
discontinued in the 1960s -- around the same time the Vatican
acknowledged that Mary Magdalene should not be confused with the
repentant prostitute mentioned in certain Gospel passages.
"This process of correcting past mistakes in Church history --
highlighted by recent Vatican efforts to right the wrongs committed in
the case of Galileo or with regard to the Jews in history -- is a
welcome trend in modern Church thinking.
"It is surprising to many that a Church leader like Cardinal
Bertone would suddenly be speaking out against this novel more than
two years after its publication, and so long after so many Catholic
readers have bought it, read it, and engaged in the discussion of it.secretsofangelsanddemons .

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Both books are published by Squibnocket Partners LLC
in association with CDS Books.
"Interestingly , at least one emerging leader of the Church,
Monsignor Jose Maria Pinheiro, recently nominated to be the Bishop of
Sao Paulo, one of the largest Catholic communities in the world, has
taken an explicitly different view about the Da Vinci Code from that
of Cardinal Bertone.

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TEMPE, Ariz.
An invitational luncheon with many of Arizona's key leaders in the
fields of education, government and business was held in conjunction
with the event . De Bono earned his
medical degree at age 20 at the University of Malta, and went on to
Oxford and Cambridge universities, where he earned two additional
doctoral degrees.

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According to UAT President
Dominic Pistillo, both de Bono and da Vinci are representative of the
innovative approaches to thinking which are central to UAT's core
learning strategies: "At UAT, we strive not only to provide an
enriching educational environment, but to raise the bar with
innovation, systems thinking and programming that will carry us
through the 21st century.edwarddebono. It is
unfortunate, however , that he has seen a need to call for a ban on The
Da Vinci Code, which is clearly a work of pop culture fiction, not a
serious treatise on theology. As with most official critiques of books
and movies , Cardinal Bertone's recent comments will probably have the
opposite of their intended effects, making even more people inside and
outside the Catholic Church interested in experiencing what he has now
suggested should be considered a forbidden fruit. Sadly, Cardinal Bertone seems
to be suggesting a return to a time when Church leaders believed they
could win intellectual and philosophical debates by simply banning or
suppressing certain ideas. He has recommended "prudence," encouraged readers
to distinguish "fact from fiction" in the Da Vinci Code, and suggested
that it is not necessary to prohibit reading of this novel.

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Secrets of the Code spent
more than twenty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in 2004
and has been translated into more than 20 languages.

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His father was a professor of medicine and a published
researcher in diabetes at the University of Malta. The Hungerford Guidance Centre, a school
for violent children in London, reported that over 20 years, the
implementation of de Bono's methods resulted in a 90% reduction in
actual criminal convictions among students who were taught thinking
skills.

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Thousands of schools, businesses and government bodies
worldwide have adopted de Bono's methods .

About UAT

UAT is a unique, private college that serves its student body by
fostering knowledge creation and academic excellence in an environment
that embraces the young technophiles of the world. (In our new book, Secrets of Angels + Demons, we present the
views of many different Vatican-watching experts on how the papal
succession process actually works, and who the most likely current
candidates are).

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De Bono comes from a family of five generations of medical
doctors .
"It is particularly ironic that Dan Brown's novels frequently call
attention to the suppression of ideas in Church history: The burning
and banning of works of "heretics;" the quashing of alternative
scriptures that have come to be known as the Gnostic Gospels; the fact
that the historical Mary Magdalene was mis-characterized for almost
1400 years by the Church as a prostitute; the epochal Church battle to
censor the great scientist Galileo.

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The University of Advancing Technology Honors Dr. Edward de Bono

All of these incidents in history
are integral to the plots of the Dan Brown novels. Cardinal Bertone
has set out to criticize what he sees as, in his opinion, the
dangerous and erroneous content of The Da Vinci Code."

Secrets of the Code and Secrets of Angels + Demons are
international bestsellers published in the U.

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De Bono's influence is far ranging. Banned books over the years
have reportedly included works by Flaubert, Balzac, Voltaire,
Stendahl, Swift, Locke, and Sartre. That seems
to me a much more reasonable position for a Church leader to take.

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De Bono was chosen as the first recipient of the Leonardo da
Vinci Medallion because, in the words of Pistillo, de Bono is the
"Champion Evangelist" of all time in spreading the word that all
humans can be taught to be creative in their thinking. It has been on
bestseller lists in Germany, South Africa, Canada, France, and Poland.95/ISBN 1-59315-140-3
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Over the next 11 years, UAT 's Leonardo da Vinci Society for the
Study of Thinking will award medallions to the world's outstanding
thinkers. With three research
centers and a suite of technology-centered undergraduate and graduate
degrees, the university is a recognized leader in technology
education.

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According to news accounts, he specifically appealed to Catholic
bookstores -- including, presumably, the bookshop in the hospital
where Pope John Paul II has recently been treated, as well as others
bookshops right inside Vatican City and around the world -- to stop
selling The Da Vinci Code. My experience with leading Catholic thinkers, from
professors at religious institutions to members of Opus Dei , is that
they have generally embraced the debate over this wildly popular
novel, and found a positive opportunity to criticize what they find to
be in error in The Da Vinci Code, while also obtaining a forum to
express their own views of religious history and theology.

He also helped advance the study of anatomy, astronomy, and civil engineering.

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Dan Burstein and Arne de Keijzer are editors of two bestselling
books devoted to explaining fact, fiction, speculation, and
controversy in the works of novelist Dan Brown.
"For the better part of five centuries, from the Inquisition into
the twentieth century, the Church maintained a semi-official list of
books that were to be banned and shunned. There is a strict
prohibition on discussion of papal succession within the Vatican, but
the reality is that we have entered a period in Vatican politics that
is somewhat analogous to the Iowa caucuses in American presidential
contests.

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However, by
calling for a ban of the book , the Cardinal inadvertently lends
credence to Dan Brown's thesis that powerful people in the Church
don't want the faithful to hear certain ideas. Together, these two titles have over
a million copies in print worldwide.

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