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Here's the point: the basic premises in the article are NOT true. Why are you convinced that they are? Is it because you believe the novel?

My priests are not hysterical. They have suggested reading which explains the errors in the novel (and I presume the movie). Attending the movie is left up to us. Since I attend about 2 movies a year, this will not be one of them.

As far as the pedophile priests, that is a shame that the Church is dealing with. Some cardinals and bishops(Mahoney in particular) should and probably will be removed. The Vatican is examining and inspecting all seminaries. Admission to seminaries now requires psychological screening and background checks.

From time to time throughout history, the Church has suffered through periods of corruption and scandal. She has always righted herself, and is still here, after 2000 years.

The concern of the Church is for the souls of gullible people and for those who know nothing of Christianity to begin with. Unlike some who post here, the Church values all souls, even those of the stupid, gullible, and uneducated.

Here's the point: the basic premises in the article are NOT true.

What's not true about it? DaVinci's artwork? The places? The secret societies like the Illuminati, Knights Templar, or Opus Dei? The secret rituals? Those are all real, and they constitute the premises on which the story is predicated. That's the nature of good fiction - take known real elements and weave a story around them.

Is it because you believe the novel?

Who said I did? What I have said is that it is a good read, and it is. It's also FICTION!!!! You seem to believe that there is only black and white. There are also shades of gray.

My priests are not hysterical.

Again, who said they were? Your priests don't have to be hysterical, they have all of the heirarchy in the Catholic Church to be hysterical FOR them. That's the entire substance of this whole debate. It is the Catholic Church that is giving this fictional story credibility by its aggressive denials. Where there's smoke, there's fire, and the Catholic Church is on fire.

As for whether you attend this movie or not, that is strictly your choice. Ain't freedom wunnerful??