They were the most normal people in the world. And yet, the way they died, was two of them tried to save the life of the ...

In fact, Opus Dei means "Work of God" in Latin. He was beatified in 1992 and canonised in 2002 by Pope John Paul II, who deemed him the "saint of ordinary life".

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. A Service of EWTN News, Inc.

Through it all, Opus Dei sought the protection of powerful men. Not long after Franco’s death in 1975 (the same year Escrivá died), it was a new pope, John Paul II, who provided the ...

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 14, 2025 / 15:00 pm. Opus Dei, the nearly century-old Rome-based personal prelature, has released a lengthy response to the October 2024 book “Opus,” accusing ...

Opus Dei was founded Oct. 2, 1928, by Father Josemaría Escrivá to help lay Catholics understand the baptismal calling of holiness and evangelization. Sunday, July 13, 2025.

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.

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, which ...

Opus Dei is Latin for “Work of God” and their aim is to help people to achieve holiness through their everyday work. The vast majority of its members are lay people.

In 'Opus," Gareth Gore examines many seminal moments in the history of the controversial Catholic group Opus Dei, arguing that its secretive ways have allowed it to cover up serious scandals.

Alongside his vast network of dark money organizations and connections to conservative Catholics, Leo has been intimately connected to Opus Dei, to the point, as Gore reports, that a religious ...