"Angels and Demons" Not Allowed In Rome Churches

By Ona Zachary
14:07, June 17th 2008
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"Angels and Demons" Not Allowed In Rome Churches

It’s round two for Dan Brown and the Roman Catholic Church. And this time, the church won.

Vatican has banned filming of the controversial movie “Angels and Demons,” the sequel of the “Da Vinci Code,” in Rome churches.

Considering Brown’s works anti-catholic blasphemies, the Catholic church forbade Tom Hanks and producer-director Ron Howard to shoot film scenes in two historic cathedrals in Italy’s capital city: Santa Mariadel Popolo and Santa Maria della Vittoria.

Msgr. Marco Fibbi, spokesman for the diocese of Rome, told New York Daily News that they usually read the script, but this time they knew what decision they should take, when hearing the name “Dan Brown.”

Archbishop Velasio De Paolis also expressed his disapproval of the new film, telling The Times of London that he thought “it would be unacceptable to transform churches into film sets so that his blasphemous novels can be made into mendacious films.”

So, after filming at some of the city’s most famous and beautiful sights, such as Piazza Navona and Piazza del Popolo, Howard will be able to shoot only the exteriors of the two churches, along with some other of the 700 worship places that are owned by the Italian Interior Ministry and run by Italy's Church.

The Catholic Church sometimes allows filmmakers to shoot inside historic churches, but only if the films or documentaries prove to be supportive of the Vatican doctrine.

In “Angels and Demons,” Tom Hanks reprises his role as the Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, who gets involved in another complicated and thrilling story involving the cult of the Illuminati, a papal conclave, code-cracking and a weapon threatening to destroy the Vatican. The film also stars Ewan McGregor.

“The Da Vinci Code” upset many Catholics because it pictured a different image of Jesus than Catholics are used to. Brown’s book suggested that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had children, creating a royal blood line that was kept secret by church officials.

 

 



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