Opus Dei supporters claim their founder, St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, was on to the need for updating Catholicism three decades before the reformist Vatican II Council of the 1960s.

Opus Dei, the nearly century-old Rome-based personal prelature, has released a lengthy response to the October 2024 book Opus, accusing the book of giving “a false picture of Opus Dei based on ...

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.

To put it bluntly, Opus Dei has a big problem. In the nearly 100 years since its founding, countless stories have emerged about leaders, priests, and lay members in the Catholic Church’s sole ...

Opus Dei's image problems did not begin with Brown's novel and likely will not end with the Howard-Hanks film. Ever since it was established in 1928, the organization has been controversial within ...

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.

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.

Most married Opus Dei members do not practice corporal mortification, at least not as literally as the single and celibate members. “For me, it’s mortification to get up early and get that ...

In its request, prosecutors asked the court to call several Opus Dei members to be questioned, including Fathers Carlos Nannei, who served as vicar general from 1991-2000; Patricio Olmos, who ...

Opus Dei, however, says the real Silas is peaceful and soft-spoken Silas Agbim, a stockbroker from Nigeria who lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., with his wife and has been a member of the group for 28 years.

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 ...

It is the secretive movement called Opus Dei -- Latin for "the work of God" -- which plays a key fictional role in the bestselling thriller "The Da Vinci Code." ...