After much anticipation, controversy and media hype, has opened in theaters worldwide. The film - like the best-selling novel it's based on - is a mystery story involving a dark conspiracy by the Catholic Church to suppress some all-too-human truths about the life of Jesus Christ. Its potent blend of historical fact and literary fiction has angered Catholics around the world, and intrigued others. At the heart of The Da Vinci Code is a woman - Mary Magdelene - who, according to author Dan Brown's characters, married Jesus and bore his child. After the Crucifixion, she moved to the south of France, and founded the Merovingian line of kings. Now in order to keep this secret, the Catholic Church, according to the book, has killed millions of people. Free Da Vinci Code Movie'The very first response to this plot has to be mockery and laughter,' says Austin Ruse, president of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute. Father Thomas Eitenhower isn't laughing. As president of Human Life International, a Catholic values advocacy group, he is organizing a boycott of the film, which he says promotes Satanism and allows Sony Pictures, which produced it, to profit from prejudice and lies. 'At our baptism, we pledge to reject Satan and all his works and all his empty promises. If Sony profits from anti-Catholic bigotry this week, what can we expect in the future?' Eitenhower asks. 'Tom Hanks starring as Hitler in Sony's Mein Kampf? He quotes the New Testament injunction for Christians to 'turn the other cheek' when attacked. 'But we do not have to pay someone $9.50 [for a ticket] to sit in a theater and slap us for two hours.' Watch The Da Vinci Code Movie OnlineThe villain in The Da Vinci Code is an albino monk, who is a member of Opus Dei, an actual 87,000-member organization of lay Catholics. It is portrayed as the murderous hidden power at the center of the Catholic Church. Opus Dei spokesman Brian Finnerty says that Dan Brown embellished false accusations news reporters and former members have made, that Opus Dei is a secretive, even shady, organization. 'Opus Dei is an institution of the Catholic church that tries to help people come closer to God in their work and daily lives,' he says. 'It has been blessed by all the popes since its earliest years and Pope John Paul Second called Opus Dei's founder 'the saint of ordinary life.' Now that's the complete opposite of the portrayal in 'The Da Vinci Code'! Pirates of the caribbean 5 full movie in hindi. There are no monks in Opus Dei - albino or otherwise - not even on Halloween.' Despite the harsh words in the book, some Catholics, like a parish priest and co-host of a religious radio talk show in New York City, see a silver lining in the Da Vinci Code controversy. 'It's an opportunity for us to form discussion groups in our parishes, to explain some of the misconceptions The Da Vinci Code has about the Church,' Keenan says.
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