Opus Dei v. Hollywood

The NYT reports that, in anticipation of the May release of the ‘Da Vinci Code’ movie, Opus Dei is preparing for increased public scrutiny by re-vamping its website (including, yes, starting a blog). The main messages: the movie is fiction; Opus Dei is neither conspiratorial nor particularly powerful; the central spiritual tenet of Opus Dei is that one’s work is performed to honor God, not that people who think (SPOILER ALERT!) Jesus and Mary Magdalene made a baby should be killed.