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A Four Corners investigation airing on Monday night is set to share disturbing allegations made by dozens of students from private schools in Sydney affiliated with the religious group Opus Dei.
Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, the prelate of Opus Dei, said the institution he has led since January 2017 “does not want to be an exception” in the Catholic Church. The prelate gave his comments ...
Founded on Oct. 2, 1928, by Spanish priest Father Josemaría Escrivá, Opus Dei was a movement borne of Escrivá’s vision to help lay Catholics understand the baptismal calling of holiness and ...
The Catholic organization Opus Dei was born amid conspiracy theories. Its founder, Josemaría Escrivá, had struggled to win converts to his group — envisioned as a lay entity within the ...
In a statement published on its website Sept. 28, Opus Dei in Argentina "categorically" denied accusations of human trafficking and exploitation." It also said what began as a "claim for ...
Msgr. Ocáriz recalled that St. Josemaría said that 'the ways of doing and saying things change, but the essence, the spirit, remains.' "The main contribution of Opus Dei is to accompany the ...
The prelate of Opus Dei said members "accept with sincere filial obedience" the slight modifications Pope Francis made to the section of the Code of Canon Law dealing with personal prelatures.
ROME – A leading member of Opus Dei and its spokesman in the UK has suggested that in light of revisions made recently by Pope Francis to the nature of “personal prelatures,” a status Opus ...
Founded in 1928 by the Spanish priest Jose María Escribá Albás, Opus Dei has been a controversial source of power in the ...
I read with interest Antonia Cundy’s report “Opus Dei group accused of recruiting children” (August 5). The accounts given by former members of the conservative Catholic group exactly match ...