Priest intends to protest "Da Vinci Code" at Cannes

The list of people demonstrating at Cannes has gone up again. This time, a priest is involved. The subject, needless to say, is the film version of "The Da Vinci Code", the premise of which has been hotly disputed by religious circles and scholars for some time already. Fr. Bernard Francis Heffernan will stage a peaceful demonstration using two large screens to promote a festival of religious music. "The Da Vinci Code never shocked or fooled anyone who knows the history of Christianity. But what shocked them was how it could dupe the religious illiterates on this pagan planet," says Heffernan. During the festival, Fr Bernard will be at the Notre Dame church practically opposite the festival's Palais.