A former numerary told the Mail on Sunday in 2005 about the whip and the cilice (a spiked garter members strap on their thighs) at an Opus Dei house. “As a member of Opus Dei, I was expected to ...

Opus Dei is a small but powerful organisation within ... corporal mortification may also choose to use a small, corded rope whip known as a discipline to self-flagellate. In addition, some say ...

More than a dozen former members said minors lined up to become Opus Dei members were encouraged to practice corporal mortification, such as using a rope whip called a ‘discipline’ on their ...

Almost since Opus Dei was founded in 1928 in pre-Franco Spain, the conservative Catholic group has been described as a "shadowy," "secretive," "cult-like" "sect." Every few years that image ...

The Opus Dei statement says "Assistant numeraries are ... "Then the discipline was kind of a small whip that you had to whip yourself on a Saturday as a mortification," she added.

a rope whip with knotted ends she was to use on her back when she prayed the Hail Mary. Mortifications are part of Opus Dei’s daily spiritual plan, and they aren’t limited to the flesh.

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 personal prelature Opus Dei has significantly reduced the scope of its two-week general congress that began this week due to the death of Pope Francis two days before the assembly’s ...

Founded in 1928 by the Spanish priest Jose María Escribá Albás, Opus Dei has been a controversial source of power in the church for decades. Under Pope John Paul II, Escrivá was canonized ...

Dominic Perrottet says he never experienced a lesson involving an Opus Dei whip and was "blessed with a great education" at a high school run by the conservative Catholic group.

A former numerary told the Mail on Sunday in 2005 about the whip and the cilice (a spiked garter members strap on their thighs) at an Opus Dei house. “As a member of Opus Dei, I was expected to ...