 During that same year, Opus Dei received some unwanted attention due to the extraordinary success of the novel "The Da Vinci Code", in which both Opus Dei and the Catholic Church itself are depicted negatively.The film version was released globally in May 2006, further polarizing views on the organization.In 2014, Pope Francis through a delegate beatified Alvaro del Portillo and said that "he teaches us that in the simplicity and ordinariness of our life we can find a sure path to holiness.