Opus Dei tries to break Code's Spell

Many readers of Dan Brown's best-seller The Da Vinci Code first learned about the Catholic organization Opus Dei by way of a murderous albino monk with a bloody dedication to self-mutilation. With Ron Howard's movie version set to hit American multiplexes May 19, the tiny international organization of devout Catholics has gone into public-relations high gear with what has become its mantra of the moment: There are no monks in Opus Dei, not even albino monks. [More]