Opus Dei opens campaign over Da Vinci Code film

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.