Opus Dei Holds Out for 'Da Vinci' Changes
AP, via SFGate.com, USA
Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Writer
sfgate.com

ROME, Italy (AP) -- The conservative Roman Catholic group Opus Dei said Tuesday it had no intention of calling for a boycott of the upcoming film "The Da Vinci Code," but said it hopes the much-awaited film could still be changed so that "there aren't references that would hurt Catholics."

In a statement released in Rome, Opus Dei said Sony Pictures still had time to make changes that would be appreciated by Catholics, "particularly in these days in which everyone has noted the painful consequences of intolerance" — an apparent reference to violence in the Muslim world sparked by the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.