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What Is Opus Dei and Why Are 43 Argentinian Women Suing The Secretive Catholic Group The name Opus Dei literally translates to 'Work of God' in Latin, reflecting its followers' beliefs.
In some quarters Opus Dei is believed to be a chosen instrument for liberalizing the reactionary Spanish church and possibly even the Franco regime itself.
Opus Dei can marshal centuries of intellectual heft of the Church behind it. A great deal has been written this year about the resurgence of the Catholic right in America.
By the time Anne Marie got to Ballyglunin in the late 1970s, Opus Dei was a rising power in the Catholic Church. Its influence had grown during the Spanish dictatorship of Francisco Franco.
Opus Dei is currently present in almost 70 countries and is made up of more than 93,000 lay members, of whom 57% are women and 43% men, in addition to 2,095 priests.
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 Church.
The 90,000 lay members and roughly 2,000 priests of Opus Dei, a worldwide Catholic organization which is currently the Church’s lone personal prelature, learned Tuesday that Pope Francis has ...
What is Opus Dei? Opus Dei is a small but powerful organisation within the Catholic Church officially known as the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei.
Saying he wanted to highlight the spiritual gifts of Opus Dei and its contributions to the Catholic Church's evangelizing activities, Pope Francis said it will now work with and answer to the ...
For many critics, the arch-conservative Catholic community Opus Dei is a diabolical sect. However, Opus Dei (which translates to "Work of God”) sees itself in a very positive light.
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