Catholic Church (fictional depiction in "Angels & Demons")

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fictional religious institution

The Catholic Church in "Angels & Demons" is portrayed as a powerful, tradition-bound religious institution grappling with internal politics, scientific controversy, and a deadly conspiracy threatening its leadership and authority.

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Label	Occurrences
Catholic Church (fictional depiction in "Angels & Demons") canonical	1
Roman Catholic Church (fictional)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional religious institution ⓘ
appearsIn	Angels & Demons ⓘ surface form: film "Angels & Demons" (2009) novel Angels & Demons (2000) ⓘ surface form: novel "Angels & Demons"
associatedWithTheme	conspiracy ⓘ faith versus science ⓘ religious authority ⓘ secrecy ⓘ tradition versus modernity ⓘ
basedOn	Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
centralEvent	papal conclave ⓘ
centralLocation	Sistine Chapel ⓘ St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ St. Peter's Square ⓘ
centralRitual	Mass ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
employs	Swiss Guard ⓘ surface form: Swiss Guard (fictional depiction in "Angels & Demons") Vatican Gendarmerie ⓘ surface form: Vatican police (fictional depiction in "Angels & Demons")
facesCrisis	assassination of preferiti cardinals ⓘ sudden death of the Pope ⓘ threat of antimatter explosion in Vatican City ⓘ
governingBody	College of Cardinals ⓘ
hasDoctrine	defense of traditional faith ⓘ opposition to certain scientific practices ⓘ
hasInternalConflict	debate over scientific research ⓘ succession politics ⓘ tension between progressive and conservative factions ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle	Pope ⓘ
hasMember	College of Cardinals ⓘ surface form: College of Cardinals (fictional depiction in "Angels & Demons")
hasOffice	Camerlengo Patrick McKenna ⓘ surface form: Camerlengo College of Cardinals ⓘ Preferiti (leading papal candidates) ⓘ Swiss Guard ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Vatican City ⓘ
inConflictWith	Illuminati (fictional depiction) ⓘ surface form: Illuminati (fictional depiction in "Angels & Demons")
interactsWithCharacter	Camerlengo Patrick McKenna ⓘ surface form: Camerlengo Patrick McKenna (film) / Carlo Ventresca (novel) Robert Langdon ⓘ Vittoria Vetra ⓘ
portrayedAs	politically divided institution ⓘ powerful institution ⓘ target of a deadly conspiracy ⓘ tradition-bound institution ⓘ
protects	tomb of Saint Peter ⓘ surface form: St. Peter's tomb (fictional depiction in "Angels & Demons") Vatican Secret Archive ⓘ surface form: Vatican archives (fictional depiction in "Angels & Demons")
religion	Christianity ⓘ
settingFor	election of a new Pope ⓘ investigation of Illuminati murders ⓘ race to find antimatter canister ⓘ
usesLanguage	English ⓘ Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Illuminati (fictional depiction) → opposes → Catholic Church (fictional depiction in "Angels & Demons") ⓘ

Sister Stephanie Oskowski → religiousAffiliation → Catholic Church (fictional depiction in "Angels & Demons") ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Church (fictional)