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The group was started in 1928 by the [[Roman Catholic]] priest Josemaría Escrivá.

The group was started in 1928 by the [[Roman Catholic]] priest Josemaría Escrivá.

Controversially, Opus Dei appear in [[The Da Vinci Code]], and are represented in the film as an evil organization.

Controversially, Opus Dei appear in [[The Da Vinci Code]], and are represented in the film as an evil organization practicing brutial self-flagellation rituals. Opus Dei in fact practice no such ritual that portreyed in the Da Vinci Code is a greatly exagerated distortion of a form of pennitance by mild discomfort, but does not cause severe pain or wounds. The ritual has no apparent biblical origin.