More on Opus Dei

The Associated Press is carrying an excellent article on Opus Dei and its attempts to deal with the negative attention generated by The Da Vinci Code. Among the interesting tidbits reported by Rachel Zoll are:

• Opus Dei has struck a deal with the same publishing house for the novel -- Doubleday -- to release The Way, a collection of spiritual thought by Opus Dei founder Josemaria Escriva, considered a key text for the group. Its publishing date is just 10 days before the movie opens.
• Opus Dei will not call for a boycott of the Sony Pictures film.
• Sony spokesman Jim Kennedy said the company views The Da Vinci Code as "fiction that is not meant to harm any organization."

The article includes links to Opus Dei's website and a Da Vinci Code blog run by an Opus Dei member in Rome.

Update: A Reuters story adds some details about Opus Dei's New York headquaters, plus details about its influence in the Catholic Church.

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Miami Herald, 08.02.06 and Reuters, 12.02.06