Typically people with regular careers, supernumeraries are encouraged to marry, have a family and live otherwise regular lives. They contribute financially to Opus Dei, engage in prayer and attend ...

only to separate them from their families and slowly condition them to a cultlike existence in which they would pledge all of ...

“supernumeraries” are typically married and share in Opus Dei’s work and mission in the context of their families; “associates” are celibate collaborators who do not reside in Opus Dei ...

A Washington-area Opus Dei supernumerary named Austin Ruse, president of the fiercely anti-LGBTQ Center for Family and Human Rights, published a book about children whose short lives “point us ...

“Opus Dei is also growing. Specifically, the number of laymen and [lay]women who, inspired by St. Josemaría, wish to seek holiness and are open to having a family is increasing.” The prelate ...

Many came from poor families and were recruited at "hospitality schools" run by Opus Dei, where they were promised an education and a chance of a better life — only to be pushed into joining ...

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 ...

“The work chosen by the assistant numeraries is to care for the people and the homes in which they live, within a family atmosphere that Opus Dei seeks to provide. Both the Catholic Church and ...

Former assistant numeraries who worked in Opus Dei centres say they were overworked, unpaid, isolated from their families and emotionally and spiritually abused. For some, the experience has left ...

A Washington-area Opus Dei supernumerary named Austin Ruse, president of the fiercely anti-LGBTQ Center for Family and Human Rights, published a book about children whose short lives “point us ...

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 ...