VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Monday blamed the media for fueling the scandal over leaked Vatican documents and insisted there are no power struggles or problems of unity in the Holy See’s governance.

Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone told an Italian Catholic weekly that journalists reporting on the leaks scandal are “pretending to be Dan Brown … inventing stories and replaying legends.” The reference to Brown is particularly acute; Brown wrote “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels and Demons” the best-selling fictional accounts of power struggles and scandals inside the Catholic Church.