To be satire, something has to contain a grain of truth. It is quite possible to satirise the Papacy, the present Pope and Catholicism. There is nothing like good satire for getting people (non-Christian people, obviously ) to think for themselves. Calling Pope Benedict a Nazi is nothing like good satire. It is lazy, cheap and insulting. It insults one person and insults an entire nation because it is basically saying if you are a German of a certain age you are a Nazi. As for TDVC - I enjoyed it as a thriller and would recommend it to anyone as an entertaining read. I just wish more people could tell the difference between history and fiction.