ROME -- Opus Dei, the ultraconservative Catholic group demonized in last year's hit film "The Da Vinci Code," is thankful to the U.S.-made blockbuster for helping to make organization better known.

With 40 million copies of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code sold and the movie version ... Critics say the book portrays the religious organization Opus Dei in a sinister light, while fans contend ...

The conservative religious group Opus Dei has asked for a disclaimer on the upcoming film based on the best-selling novel “The Da Vinci Code.” / Source: The Associated Press The conservative ...

A bookstore window brimming with copies of "The Da Vinci Code" caught their eye. The novel, which depicts Opus Dei as a sinister cabal fond of murder and masochism, had only just been released.

Now there’s a small bronze sign with the group’s name, and next to it a box of pamphlets “for ‘Da Vinci Code’ fans – here is the real Opus Dei,” to appease the curious who’ve ...

Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic organization with powerful members and a reputation for secrecy, is trying to change its public image. When "The Da Vinci Code" became a publishing sensation ...

As 45 million-plus readers of "The Da Vinci Code" already know, the fictional Silas, a masochistic albino monk, and murderer, is a member of Opus Dei -- an actual group within the Catholic church ...

The entrance to the national headquarters of the Roman Catholic group Opus Dei is the last place you would expect to find mention of "The Da Vinci Code." The conservative organization has spent ...

NEW YORK — Opus Dei is one of the villains in The Da Vinci Code. And although the Dan Brown blockbuster is fiction, it’s likely that many people will come away from the film version next month ...

When The Da Vinci Code became a publishing sensation, leaders of the Roman Catholic organisation Opus Dei realised they had an image problem on their hands. The assassin in the best-selling ...

Catholic group Opus Dei have urged Da Vinci Code director Ron Howard to include a disclaimer to say that the movie is a work of fiction. The film, based on Dan Brown's book of the same title ...

Opus Dei, the Catholic organization portrayed in “The Da Vinci Code,” is on the offensive to discredit the feature film as it hits theaters next week — the Catholic Church is asking its ...