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Opus Dei, the conservative catholic movement depicted as a murderous cult in The Da Vinci Code, was hosting a public relations campaign in Italy today to counter what it says is an offensive portrait of Christianity, the Catholic Church and Opus Dei itself.
Opus Dei, which is headquartered in Rome, invited media to one of its vocational schools in a working class section of the Italian capital, to show off some of the work that it does in helping to train young people to be mechanics, electricians and chefs.
Opus Dei has complained loudly that Sony Pictures, which produced the film, refused its request to put a disclaimer on the movie to label it as fiction.
It has also criticised Sony’s ad campaign for the film, with the slogan, “Seek the truth”.
Opus Dei unveiled a web-based video game with the motto, “Seek the truth here” that was designed by students at the vocational school in which players are rewarded for correct answers about church history and Christianity.
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