Summary
Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, which opens at cinemas today, has angered some sections of the Catholic Church with talk of secrecy and conspiracy. Gareth Deighan explores some of the truths behind the mystery
We are certainly not a secret society," says Father Robert Farrell, a spokesman for Opus Dei in the North, who says he has taken a lot of calls from interested journalists since Dan Brown's book was released in 2003.See the full content of this document
Extract
Facts and Fiction in Cracking the Code
"Maybe the best person to speak to is the albino monk we have here." he says. "Only joking! Have you read the Da Vinci Code? I haven't. I've heard it's not very good, pulp fiction. And I don't read pulp fiction."
But the pulp fiction he speaks of has sold more than 40 million copies...See the full content of this document
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