People wonder if Pope Leo will reform the group, which has been accused of abuse, financial wrongdoing and human trafficking.

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 ...

Opus Dei presented its proposed statutes to the Holy See on June 11 following the guidelines from the Vatican in the motu ...

The successful novel The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown has raised public interest in the controversial Catholic lay group Opus Dei, depicting it as a sect focused on wealth and power. As part of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...