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Catholic church feels threatened by “Avatar”

The Vatican newspaper and radio station have called the film “Avatar” simplistic, and criticized it for flirting with modern doctrines that promote the worship of nature as a substitute for religion. More at link: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9538441 L'Osservatore Romano and Vatican Radio dedicated ample coverage to James Cameron's big-grossing, 3-D spectacle. But the reviews were lukewarm, calling the movie superficial in its eco-message, despite groundbreaking visual effects

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Catholic church feels threatened by “Avatar”