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'Hardball with Chris Matthews'
Transcript from show about Opus Dei, including observations from an anti-cult expert and Catholics who have been severely harmed but the cult. From msnbc.com.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8160121/
Doing "the Work" In Urbana
Article discussing Opus Dei's recruiting operations in Urbana, IL and problematic brainwashing issues the group raises. Origninally from the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, Illinois, USA.
http://shrug.csl.uiuc.edu/~wedwards/opus_f...
Missing Opus Dei banker found dead in north Italy
An Italian banker with close links to the conservative Catholic group Opus Dei was found dead yesterday after being missing for more than two weeks, news agencies RadioCor and Ansa reported. From The Gulf Times, Doha, Qatar.
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/arti...
Opus Dei Saint
Report on the controversial canonization of Josemaria Escriva. RealAudio. [Weekend Edition]
http://www.npr.org/dmg/oldaudio.php?prgCod...
Mi General
Opus Dei activity in Chile. [Z Magazine]
http://www.zmag.org/zmag/articles/pettifer...
New University
From Open Source Solutions; comment on new university associated with Opus Dei; from oss.net.
http://www.oss.net/extra/news/?module_inst...
The Pope's Right Arm in Europe
Report by Gordon Urquhart which focuses on Opus Dei's direct involvement in politics.
http://www.cath4choice.org/pubs/publicatio...
Nazis active in education ministers secret society
Ruth Kelly, the fast-rising Labour minister is a member of Opus Dei, an organisation whose former leader supported Adolf Hitler and Spanish fascist General Franco. From Black Information Link, UK.
http://www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?k...
Winning the Culture War
Analysis of Opus Dei Senators Brownback and Santorum's relationship to right-wing elements in the US government by Rev. Richard P. McBrien, a Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. From The Tidings, southern California, USA.
http://www.the-tidings.com/2004/1015/essay...
Day of Opus Dei
The Lycos 50 Daily Report from the Lycos search engine
http://50.lycos.com/102102.asp
Too far back to the future
from The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,...
Spies, Spooks, and the Catholic Church?
Questions the secrecy surrounding Opus Dei, given its influence in the corridors of power. Nothing can justify elitism and sadomasochism on the part of a group that claims to be Catholic. By Catharine A. Henningsen. [From SALT]
http://www.saltpub.org/LFSpies.htm
Secretive sect dubbed 'Mafia shrouded in white
Fine article that discusses the problems with Opus Dei in Glasgow, Scotland, including their sexist treatment of women, psychological manipulation and high pressure recruiting tactics on teenagers. From The Scotsman, Scotland, UK.
http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=12...
Club Class
Simon Cox gains access to the hidden world of Opus Dei, one of the most mysterious and controversial clubs in the world, to separate the fact from the fiction. To their critics, they are a secretive elite cult who brainwash their members, control the Vatican and have tentacles reaching into governments all over the world. From BBC Radio 4. Requires RealPlayer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/clubclass/pip/...
Picture of Cilice in Use
Picture of a cilice, an Opus Dei torture device, being used as it rips into the skin of a person's leg.
http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/images/opu...
Muscular Catholicism
Article detailing Opus Dei's operations in the United Kingdom, including the use of tranquilizers on members and using student residences as recruitment fronts. By Annabel Miller, from The Tablet, United Kingdom.
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive...
Secret Service
Review of Maria del Carmen Tapia's book "Beyond the Threshold: A Life in Opus Dei." With a link to the first chapter of the book. [New York Times]
http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/10/12/revi...
A Day With Opus Dei
article that describes the daily harshness and use of prayer as a mind control tool at an Opus Dei cult center. From TIME.com.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/...
Ex-Opus Dei Members Decry Blind Obedience
It's been more than 15 years since Tammy DiNicola left Opus Dei, but she still tries to raise awareness about the secretive and conservative Roman Catholic group. From ABC News, USA.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=1856656&...
Religious Right Crams into Lib Branches
Article detailing a push by right-wing religious groups, including Opus Dei, to infiltrate and control political organizations. - Sydney Morning Herald Online
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/11/...
Opus Dei In Spotlight Thanks To 'Da Vinci Code'
Among other things, it's focusing attention on a little known catholic sect -- that some call "cult-like". From KDKA.
http://kdka.com/seenon/local_story_1351932...
Sainthood for 'sect' founder
Spanish priest founded a secretive, elitist, ultra-conservative group known for its medieval practices of self-mortification and for its covert influence in politics and the media. [Sunday Herald]
http://www.sundayherald.com/28208
Opus Dei Gains Prestige
short news article on some of the problems with Opus Dei. From the Sydney Morning Herald, Australia.
http://www.cultsandsociety.com/csr_news/cs...
Alito and Opus Dei
A Senate staffer confirmed that the Judiciary Committee received numerous "notes and letters" stating that Judge Samuel Alito is a member of the Opus Dei cult. From Counterpunch.
http://www.counterpunch.org/carmichael0130...
God's Senator
Profile of Senator Brownback, an Opus Dei cult member. Discusses how he wants to create a fundamentalist theocracy in the US. From Rolling Stone.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story...
Opus Dei and the Pope
Members of the conservative Roman Catholic group Opus Dei occupy leadership positions throughout the church. The late Pope John Paul II made the founder a saint in 2004. But critics of the movement accuse Opus Dei of unscrupulous brainwashing. From NPR; requires RealPlayer.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...
The Current, Part 3: Opus Dei
Catholic Church watchers, members, and critics alike are eagerly anticipating the publication of "Opus Dei: An Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church". From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio One. Requires RealPlayer.
http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/media/200511/...
Novak’s Sect Appeal
Does Bob Novak owe his uncanny capacity for secrecy to the right-wing Catholic sect Opus Dei? The columnist has so far managed to ignore persistent demands that he reveal his involvement in the Valerie Plame leak—a feat of rare internal fortitude that some say is a hallmark of the shadowy Catholic group. From Radar Online.
http://www.radaronline.com/fresh-intellige...
Opus Dei founder still topic of religious debate
from the Miami Herald, USA
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/2002/...
Opus Dei aims to improve its public image ahead of 'Da Vinci Code' movie
The entrance to the national headquarters of the Roman Catholic group Opus Dei is the last place you would expect to find mention of "The Da Vinci Code." From Arizona Central.
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/articl...
Opus Dei lifts lid without revealing secrets
An Opus Dei official in Spain was anxious to convince an English reporter that there is nothing unusual about the organisation. [Telegraph]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...
The Bureau and the Mole
Excerpt from the book; discusses Opus Dei in northern Virginia.
http://www.bureauandthemole.com/from_book....
Opening the Doors of Opus Dei - Part 2
Part 2 of a report from Harvard University, USA; from The Harvard Crimson student newspaper.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref...
Meet the real Opus Dei
He removes his shirt and reaches for a five-tailed whip. Quietly intoning a recitation, he starts to scourge his back. The cords bite painfully into his flesh, but again and again the erect figure lashes himself. From The Times Online, UK.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20...
Opus Dei
NPR's religion reporter Duncan Moon delves into the criticisms of Opus Dei. 4 minutes 50 seconds in length. RealAudio file. [All Things Considered]
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.j...
Rick Ross: Opus Dei
Collection of articles, most of them sharply critical of the organization.
http://www.rickross.com/groups/opus.html
Opus Dei cult wants changes
Opus Dei's image problems did not begin with Brown's novel and likely will not end with the Howard-Hanks film. Article details Opus Dei cult operations in Canada. From Canada.com.
http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment...
Inside Opus Dei
Opus Dei, Jamieson said, is essentially a right-wing organization opposed to progressive views. From Oak Bay News, Canada.
http://www.oakbaynews.com/portals-code/lis...
Information on Opus Dei
list of additional links about Opus Dei
http://home.netcom.com/~mjr40/od/list.html
Behind The Secret Sect Of Opus Dei
It's hard to understand how a group can capture someone's mind, but it can happen because it's a very subtle process. From CBS Chicago, USA.
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_st...
Adult Rating Sought
"There will be no placating. Opus Dei is mentioned in the book, and we didn't shy away from that or any other aspect of the story." From The Telegraph, UK.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...
Three arrested for killing Opus Dei banker
Three men were arrested Friday for the kidnap and murder of well-known Opus Dei financier Gianmario Roveraro. He engaged in a raft of charitable and educational work through his contacts in Opus Dei. From ANSA, Italy.
http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/englis...
Home town divided over 'cult' of sanctity through work
Report from Escriva's hometown on the eve of his canonisation. [Telegraph]
http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/news/main....
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
short article touches on some of the more controversial aspects of Opus Dei.
http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article?...
Opus Dei, Vilified in `Da Vinci Code,' Runs Global MBA Schools
excellent article detailing Opus Dei's cultic aspects, recruiting techniques, infiltration activities, financial assets and worldwide operations. From Bloomberg.com.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=100...
UCD Launches Inquiry into Opus Dei Claims by Students
UCD is conducting an inquiry into claims that a college lecturer told students they had to attend an Opus Dei event in order to pass their exams. "The lecturer noted the names of all those who didn't attend the meeting last January . . . students felt intimidated into going." from Irish Times
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/front/200...
Power and Mystery
As Opus Dei's founder is canonized, Catholics wonder if the secretive lay group will one day help pick the next Pope; from Time Magazine - Europe
http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/a...
Catholic group on 'Code' film: It's just fiction
Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic organization with powerful members and a reputation for secrecy, is trying to change its public image. From the International Herald Tribune.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/06/new...
Essay: Opus Dei and The Da Vinci Code
Interview with Fr. James Martin, SJ author of "Opus Dei in the United States", about Opus Dei; from The National Catholic Reporter (US).
http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/...
Remaking a diocese: Extreme makeover
A bishop who is a member of the Opus Dei cult wreaks havoc in the Kansas City, MO diocese in the US. From The National Catholic Reporter, USA.
http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/...
Controversial Catholic pushed for sainthood
The Vatican has opened the last door to the canonization of Josemaria Escriva, but he and Opus Dei, the organization he founded, are extremely unpopular among liberal Catholics. [Toronto Globe and Mail]
http://www.phillyburbs.com/couriertimes/ne...
Meet the Catholofascists
Al Qaeda is not the only deadly religious sect. An excellent article that looks at the Roman Catholic sect Opus Dei by Johann Hari from The Independent in the UK.
http://www.johannhari.com/archive/article....
Behind The Shroud Of Opus Dei
What's fact, what's myth and what's just pure fiction about Opus Dei, a small, but controversial Catholic group? From CBS News, USA.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/30/...
Group Watch: Opus Dei/Work of God
Profile of this militant, fundamentalist, secretive, authoritarian organization, which displays features of a cult.
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/groupwatch/...
Kink in cult's embrace of barbed wire
You know something's afoot when a former friar drops his troosers and ties sharp chicken wire round his thigh. Review of television show, from Scotsman.com
http://news.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=2...
Opus Dei members lie to Diane Sawyer
Video of Opus Dei members lying to Diane Sawyer in interviews for newsprogram. From ABC News Video on Demand. Requires Flash Player.
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id...
The Work of God?
article questioning the many problematic aspects of Opus Dei at Harvard and the Boston area. From BustedHalo, Paulist Young Adult Ministries, New York City.
http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/2004_2s...
Opus Dei: The Unofficial Homepage
Independent and critical information about the sect.
http://www.mond.at/opus.dei/
Kidnapped Opus Dei banker Roveraro found dead
An Italian banker who had been questioned in the probe into the collapse of food group Parmalat was found dead on Friday. From Scotsman.com, UK.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=106...
Intolerant of Other Religions
The new Pope was elected with the influence of a “secretive” Catholic lay organization called “Opus Dei” founded in Spain in 1928 by a Catholic priest named Josemaria Escrivia , who belonged to the inner circle of the Fascist dictator Francisco Franco that supported Hitler. From LankaWeb, Sri Lanka.
http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items05/24040...
Controversial Catholic Is Made A Saint
Good article discussing problems with Escriva's canonization. Interesting comment at the end discussing behavior of a cultic mind controlled crowd. From CBS News, US.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/01/...
Opus Dei banker in food scandal is found dead after meeting
A banker who had been questioned over a huge corporate scandal was found murdered yesterday, having apparently been kidnapped on his way home from a meeting of the Roman Catholic organisation Opus Dei. From The Times Online, UK.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-...
Ancien régime meets high finance in Opus Dei
Book review of "Their Kingdom Come," from the National Catholic Reporter.
http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives...
Secrets and spies
The Da Vinci Code and claims about the new cabinet minister, Ruth Kelly, have put Opus Dei in the headlines. What sort of organisation is it today? By Michael Walsh, from The Tablet, The International Catholic Weekly.
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/registe...
Robert Hanssen: "Secret Passage"
Article about Opus Dei member and American spy Robert Hanssen. From The Chicago Tribune Magazine/Counterintelligence Centre.
http://www.cicentre.com/Documents/DOC_Hans...
Special Report - Decoding Opus Dei
It's one of the most mysterious and controversial groups in the world, and it's sanctioned by the Vatican! To the critics, Opus Dei is a secretive cult, where members are brainwashed. From WHDH-TV, Boston.
http://www3.whdh.com/features/articles/spe...
$A160,103 payoff for Opus Dei row Irish don
An academic investigated for using her lectures to promote Opus Dei beliefs. UCD had ordered an inquiry into allegations that she told students it was compulsory to attend a talk given by an Opus Dei member last year. From Catholic News, Australia.
http://www.cathnews.com/news/510/135.php
The Rev. John McCloskey: The Catholic Church's K Street Lobbyist
The high-profile Opus Dei priest preaches good news to the rich, and wants to throw Catholics who disagree with him out of the Church. [Slate]
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2069194
Opus Dei Threat to Film
Opus Dei is threatening legal action against the film of the hit thriller The Da Vinci Code. From The Mirror News, UK.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=1...
A creepy scrape with the Da Vinci Code set
Before he knew it, Damian Thompson had learnt some unsavoury truths about the Catholic sect – and become one of its 'secret enemies'. The Telegraph, UK.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml...
Brazilian Tome Denounces Opus Dei
A dangerous game of faith and brainwashing starts with a remarkable pseudo-scientific initiation. Teens invited to study groups in cultural centers are welcomed by famous professors from universities that these boys and girls aspire to enter. From OhmyNews International, South Korea.
http://english.ohmynews.com/ArticleView/ar...
Seize the Dei
They are nevertheless embroiled in the complexities of clerical politics and a number of controversies that merit genuine consideration on behalf of the media and other concerned parties. From The Oxford Student - Official Student Newspaper of Oxford University.
http://www.oxfordstudent.com/tt2006wk6/Fea...
Who rules the Vatican?
Fine analysis of Opus Dei's undue influence within the Vatican, which includes Pope John Paul II's personal Secretary Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwicz and Cardinal Julian Herranz Casado. From The-Tidings, Southern California, USA by Father Richard P. McBrien of the University of Notre Dame.
http://www.the-tidings.com/2004/1112/essay...
Report on Opus Dei activity at the University of Notre Dame
Article from the University of Notre Dame student newspaper, The Observer, in South Bend, Indiana, USA.
http://www.ndsmcobserver.com/news/2004/10/...
Earth Edition
essay on Opus Dei from h2g2, the Earth Edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Run by the BBC, UK.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A8...
Here and Now : Opus Dei and Pope Benedict XVI
The election of Cardinal Ratzinger as the new pope is said to be especially good news for conservative Catholic groups like Opus Dei. John Paul II took the group under his wing and Pope Benedict XVI, it is thought, will do the same. Opus Dei claims to have more than 80,000 members worldwide, nearly $3 billion in assets, and two sitting cardinals to its name. Critics say it's a cult, and that the group exercises more influence on the Vatican than it should. From WBUR.org, Boston, USA. Requires Real Player.
http://here-now.org/shows/2005/04/20050420...
Soft-focused Opus
Reporter runs interference for controversial Catholic group. Excellent article. From The Irish Echo Online, USA.
http://www.irishecho.com/newspaper/story.c...
Opus Dei politician defends political party branch-stacking
NSW Liberal MLC David Clarke, an Opus Dei Catholic, has said it is the responsibility of Christians to involve themselves in politics, and it's natural that political party branch officials will seek new members among their friends. From Catholic News, Australia
http://www.cathnews.com/news/405/69.php
The secret life of Opus Dei
Ruth Kelly says the Catholic group's support is a private matter, but it is surrounded by a reactionary miasma. By Michael Walsh, author of an excellent book on the Opus Dei cult. From The Guardian Unlimited, UK.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/sto...
Survivor Describes Days in Opus Dei
Book review from The National Catholic Reporter by Sr. Kaye Ashe, a Dominican sister
http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives...
Is Opus Dei at work in Blair's government?
article discusses Opus Dei's secretiveness and the possibility that one of its members has penetrated the highest levels of government. From The Guardian, UK.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/sto...
A shadowy "church within the Church" gets its saint
Anonymous members, unrecorded wealth, covert organization and morphing alliances with secular power: these are features that have made Opus Dei more feared than respected as a Catholic organization. From Newsweek/Ninemsn, Australia.
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/ed...
Open-Site.org
The Open Encyclopedia Project - chapter on Opus Dei
http://open-site.org/Society/Religion/Chri...
An inside look at Opus Dei
For such a small group, Opus Dei is a huge source of intrigue. A glimpse at the most controversial group in Catholicism. From the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/200...
Tory Call for Education Minister to Quit over 'Cult'
Education Secretary Ruth Kelly should quit because of her links to a religious “cult”, a former Home Office minister said tonight. From The Scotsman, Scotland, UK.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=402...
The real story on Opus Dei
"Opus Dei had a horrible reputation way before The Da Vinci Code." From The Ottawa Citizen/Canada.com, Canada.
http://www.canada.com/globaltv/national/st...
About.com: Opus Dei
Synopsis of Opus Dei history in Spain, extracted from the Library of Congress's "Spain: A Country Study."
http://atheism.about.com/library/world/KZ/...
What Is Opus Dei?
Controversy surrounds this organisation and its founder. [BBC News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/17...
The Dei today
Opus Dei, a mysterious arm of the Catholic Church, has been thrust under the spotlight. So what is known about the group?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/419456...
Opus Dei financier is found dismembered under bridge
The badly beaten and mutilated corpse of Gianmario Roveraro, one of Italy's reputedly most pious financiers, was discovered "cut to pieces" under a motorway overpass near Parma yesterday, some two weeks after he was kidnapped while returning home from a meeting of the conservative Roman Catholic group Opus Dei. From The Independent Online, UK.
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/artic...
Opus Dei financier brutally executed
A banker who had been questioned over a huge corporate scandal was found murdered on Friday, having apparently been kidnapped coming home from a meeting of the Roman Catholic organisation Opus Dei. From The Australian.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...
What's the problem with Opus Dei?
Ruth Kelly has tried to unknot the ties between her new job and her sympathy with the Catholic group Opus Dei. From The Guardian Unlimited.
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/...
Opus Dei and John Paul II
He was groomed for the Papacy, long before he was elected Pope, by the ultra-right-wing sect Opus Dei. From Counterpounch.org.
http://www.counterpunch.org/navarro0408200...
Selling orthodoxy to Washington power brokers
from the National Catholic Reporter, the independent newsweekly
http://www.natcath.org/NCR_Online/archives...
Missing Parmalat suspect found dead
A veteran Italian financier involved in the Parmalat fraud case was found dead Friday after being abducted two weeks ago and three people were arrested in connection with the case. He was reportedly a leading local light in the influential conservative Catholic group Opus Dei. From ANSA, Italy.
http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/englis...
Backlash to the way of the whip
Overview of the Opus Dei cult's modus operandi and operations in Spain. From SpainMedia.com.
http://www.spainmedia.com/index.php?p=148
Forget Scientology, how about Opus Dei
Thanks to the fervor over “The Da Vinci Code,”, this close-knit Catholic movement is the only fringe religious group that is also a household name. From MSNBC.com.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12805511/
The Da Vinci Senator
Senator Brownback, an Opus Dei cult member, attempts to merge church and state by trying to change the US Constitution using a report from an Opus Dei-backed think tank. From AlterNet.
http://www.alternet.org/story/37668/
Behind Opus Dei
Rightly or wrongly, Opus Dei can't shake its reputation for secrecy. From Progressive U.
http://www.progressiveu.org/163008-behind-...
The Truth About Opus Dei--An Extremely Dangerous Sect
From a Peruvian Catholic perspective. Opus Dei is seen to be a deceitful secret society, whose founder was vulgar and whose methods are anything but Catholic. With links.
http://www.geocities.com/catolicos2001/tru...
Trial of Opus Dei member Mark Belnick
Article about the trial of Opus Dei member and former general counsel for Tyco Mark Belnick. Details his recruitment into Opus Dei. Notes how during the trial, no friends from Opus Dei were present in the courtroom to support him, only his family and former partners from the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison. [New York Magazine]
http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/p...
Congressional Briefing: Sam Brownback in Rolling Stone
He was baptized not in a church but in a chapel tucked between lobbyists' offices on K Street that is run by Opus Dei, the secretive lay order founded by a Catholic priest who advocated ‘holy coercion’ and considered Spanish dictator Francisco Franco an ideal of worldly power. From Lawrence Journal World.
http://www2.ljworld.com/blogs/kansas_congr...
Many In Bay Area Part Of Opus Dei
They call Opus Dei a cult, in the way it recruits people and then isolates and manipulates them. From KGO-TV, San Francisco, USA.
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=a...
Opus Dei
Transcript of PBS program which interviewed both members and critics. [Religion & Ethics Newsweekly]
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/...
Watergate in Lima
Story about an Opus Dei cardinal facing accusations of complicity in a massacre and of collaboration in the possible assassination of his Jesuit predecessor. From Chiesa, Espress Online, Rome, Italy.
http://www.chiesa.espressonline.it/dettagl...
Opus Dei magazine pubishes anti-Islamic cartoons
An Italian magazine run by the influential Catholic conservative Opus Dei group has published a new caricature of the Prophet Muhammad, sparking outrage among Muslim associations. From Daily Times, Pakistan.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?p...
Finn one of four Opus Dei bishops in USA
Report on the 4 bishops who are members of the Opus Dei cult in the US. From The National Catholic Reporter, USA.
http://www.ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archiv...
Opus Dei's Secret Revealed: It Takes Spies in From the Cold
The arrest of accused FBI spy Robert Hanssen shines a spotlight on Opus Dei, the enigmatic Catholic group he belonged to. By Eugene Kennedy from Beliefnet.com
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/69/story_69...
Opus Dei will not limit me, says Kelly
Education Secretary (UK) states that her membership in the Opus Dei cult will not interfere with her responsibilities to the Government. From the Telegraph, UK.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...
Spikes, whips and the Da Vinci code
Two Irish ex-members, both of whom left the organisation more than 20 years ago, say their lives were virtually ruined by their experience with Opus Dei. From The Belfast Telegraph, Belfast, UK.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/fea...
Franco's old friend now a new saint
Newly created Catholic Saint Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, is accused of once being a friend of Francisco Franco, the former dictator of Spain. From Cult News from Rick Ross, Cult Expert and Intervention Specialist.
http://www.cultnews.com/archives/000324.ht...
A Closer Look at the Orthodox Catholic Group
How did this highly religious group within the Catholic Church become so controversial? From Voice of America, USA.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-04-27-...
Their Will Be Done
Article looking at the intersection of Opus Dei, CIA, dictatorial regimes and the Knights of Malta as they attempt to fight liberation theology throughout the world. Opus Dei is mentioned in the second part of the article. From Mother Jones, USA.
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/19...
Founder of Opus Dei Will Be Canonized
from The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?p...
War Blogging: Who is Admiral John Poindexter?
information on Admiral John Poindexter, whose wife Linda is a member of Opus Dei and volunteers at the Opus Dei center in downtown Washington DC. Poindexter is the chief architect of a program called Total/Terrorist Information Awareness that will have access to the personal records of Americans.
http://www.warblogging.com/tia/poindexter....
Cease and Desist/Anti-Harassment/Restraining Order/Letter
Sample Cease and Desist Order in the form of a letter for use against Opus Dei operatives when they harass, intimidate, and pressure people.
http://www.crcnyc.net/od/cease.html
Opus Dei holds out for 'Da Vinci' changes
The conservative Roman Catholic group Opus Dei said Tuesday it had no intention of calling for a boycott of the upcoming film "The Da Vinci Code," but said it hopes the much-awaited film could still be changed. From The Mercury News.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews...
HOWTO: Guide on How to Prevent Opus Dei Infiltration
Guide on Preventing Opus Dei Infiltration of other organs of the Catholic Church
http://www.crcnyc.net/od/guide.html
A letter by a Citizen to his Senator
Opus Dei's influence Tunnel for the White House and the Vatican. From Grassroots Infomedia.
http://www.freedomisforeverybody.org/Opus%...
Inside the world of Opus Dei
A look at the sharp disagreement about Opus Dei. [The Journal News]
http://www.thejournalnews.com/OpusDei/0422...
Vatican proves the power of Opus Dei founder
Opus Dei certainly seems to be highly regarded by Pope John Paul II, as seen in the hurry-up canonisation of its founder. But the organisation inspires at least as much suspicion as it does admiration. [Telegraph]
http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/news/main....
Bookreview: "Their Kingdom Come"
Fine review of Robert Hutchinson's "Their Kingdom Come" from Irish Resistance Books
http://www.irishresistancebooks.com/review...
Anti-Opus Dei Legal Disclaimer
Legal document for use on anti-Opus Dei websites, email lists, in newspapers and magazines.
http://pweb.netcom.com/~mjr40/od/ld.html
A mystery wrapped in an enigma
Both in doctrine and practice, Opus Dei is cut out for controversy. It advocates the most rigid and conservative aspects of Catholic Church dogma, and core members who are non-priests (called numeraries) are required to remain celibate. Its recruitment methods are shrouded in mystery; but it appears it prefers recruits from the upper strata of society who have prospects. From The East African - Magazine, Nairobi, Kenya.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200607040031....
Inside Opus Dei
"Like a cult, they get commitments from people without giving details." From the New York Daily News.
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/413...
Hype raises profile of ‘Work of God’
According to the Rev. Martin, a Jesuit, that secrecy comes partly from the activity of wealthy, influential lay members, and also from some questionable, high-pressure recruiting tactics. From The Patriot Ledger/SouthofBoston.com
http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2...
Opus Dei, Parmalat and a dead Italian banker
A Milan banker linked to the collapse of Italian dairy firm Parmalat has been found dead, after disappearing on his way back from a meeting of conservative Catholic group Opus Dei. From Dairy Reporter, Montpellier, France.
http://www.dairyreporter.com/news/ng.asp?n...
Catholics scrutinize enigmatic Opus Dei
Fine article about the dangers of Opus Dei, including profiles of Lexington College and Metro Achievment Center, Opus Dei-run programs used to recruit young people. From the Chicago Tribune/SunHerald, Mississippi, USA.
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/new...
Information Flyer
Flyer with relevant information about Opus Dei that can be given out to targeted recruits.
http://www.crcnyc.net/od/flyer.html
Was FBI Agent's True "Loyalty" to Opus Dei?
Suggests that Robert Hanssen's motivation to betray his country was his allegiance to the ultraconservative Catholic organization. [JINN Magazine]
http://www.pacificnews.org/jinn/stories/6....
Kelly facing pressure over Opus Dei links
Ruth Kelly yesterday faced calls to relinquish her membership of the controversial Catholic sect, Opus Dei, branded a cult by critics - or resign from the Cabinet. From The Scotsman, Scotland, UK.
http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=8...
What's the deal with Opus Dei?
The Conservative Catholic prelature, Opus Dei, is a hot topic at present but is it "mainstream" or a secretive cult? From Crikey.com.au.
http://www.crikey.com.au/articles/2005/09/...
Italian Opus Dei banker savagely murdered
An Italian banker and former Olympic pole-vaulter who had been implicated in Europe's largest corporate scandal was savagely murdered on Friday having apparently been kidnapped coming home from an Opus Dei meeting. From CathNews.com, Australia.
http://www.cathnews.com/news/607/126.php
Opus Dei and Me
Article that accurately describes Opus Dei's recruitment operations aimed at teenagers. Discusses the cult's recruitment fronts, elitism, racism, lack of concern for others, and anti-women attitudes. By Paul Milo. [From BeliefNet.com]
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/152/story_1...
Opus Dei Sisters
Lesley Hickson's terraced house looks like all its neighbours - with nothing to identify it as an Opus Dei centre. Article details the self-torture in the Opus Dei cult. From The Sunday Mail, UK.
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_object...
The Rise of Opus Dei
A report on the controversy surrounding the secretive organisation and the meteoric rise of its founder to canonisation. [BBC News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/23...
Freedom of Mind Center: Opus Dei
Small list of articles on the group.
http://www.freedomofmind.com/resourcecente...
The Way of the Faithful
Review of Maria del Carmen Tapia's book "Beyond the Threshold: A Life in Opus Dei." Includes a link to the first chapter of the book. [Washington Post]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style...
Opus Dei tries to distance itself from its own magazine
Opus Dei cult tries to distance itself from a magazine it runs in Italy, in another attempt at creating confusion about the institutions it controls. From Beliefnet.com
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/189/story_1...
The Religion Report: Opus Dei and the Da Vinci Code
Program transcript where interviewer looks at issues of Opus Dei's deception in Australia. From Radio National, Australia.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/relrpt...
Opus Dei as a Political Force in Post Cold War Latin America
American Political Science Association, Wash DC, USA; Panel "Comparative Political Manifestations of the Roman Catholic Church", 2nd draft, 1:30 PM
http://www.paulrich.net/papers/opusdei.htm...
My Encounter with Opus Dei
The first chapter of the book "Beyond the Threshold: A Life in Opus Dei," by Maria del Carmen Tapia.
http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/t/tapia...
What do Americans make of Opus Dei, often described as a 'secretive Catholic sect'
Former member and journalist discuss problems with the Opus Dei cult and problematic aspects of group. From The BBC Radio 4; requires RealPlayer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenag...
Inside Opus Dei
Article from student newspaper in Toronto, reporting on a local Opus Dei center. [Varsity]
http://www.varsity.utoronto.ca/archives/11...
Why I Left Opus Dei
A former member says that the founder of the ultra-conservative organisation was a hypocrite who bought a fancy title, and the organisation is deceptive. [The Spectator]
http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?ta...
Opus Dei lifts veil
But its influence is thought to surpass its size. From NorthJersey.com, USA.
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=e...
Controversial priest to become saint
Reports on upcoming canonization of Opus Dei's founder Josemaria Escriva. [Chicago Sun-Times]
http://www.indybay.org/news/2002/03/118309...
Spotted history aside, Opus Dei forges close campus links
Article looking at the problems that Opus Dei has caused. Also details mysterious finances in New Jersey, USA. The Daily Princetonian.
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/...
MPs Standards Czar refuses to investigate education minister
Sir Philip Mawer is so far refusing to answer Blink's question over whether the Education Secretary Ruth Kelly should have declared her membership of a secretive Catholic sect. From Black Information Link, UK.
http://www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?k...
Conservative Catholic Influence
Opus Dei is one of the most powerful organisations in the Roman Catholic church today. Its constant effort to increase its presence in civil institutions of power is supported by growth in the organisation as a whole. Their work in the public sphere breaches the church-state division that is fundamental to modern democracy.
http://www.population-security.org/cffc-97...
Opus Dei cult member snubs gay rights march
Opus Dei cult member and UK Women and Equality Minister Ruth Kelly snubs gay rights march in London. From Independent Online Edition, UK.
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/pando...
The Crusaders
A powerful faction of religious and political conservatives is waging a latter-day counterreformation, battling widespread efforts to liberalize the American Catholic Church. Fr. C. John McCloskey and Opus Dei discussed throughout the article. [Boston Globe Magazine]
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/...
New book examines Opus Dei
Fine review of John Allen's book on Opus Dei; second half of the article. From ThisWeek Newspapers.
http://www.thisweeknews.com/thisweek.php?e...
Link to Minister Puts Group in the Spotlight
Education Secretary Ruth Kelly’s links with Opus Dei have made it one of the most talked-about religious groups of today. To its critics, the ultra conservative organisation is a kind of Catholic Freemasons, whose members are elitist, secretive and manipulative.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=403...
Opus Dei financier found chopped into pieces
A banker who had been questioned over a huge corporate scandal was found murdered on Friday, having apparently been kidnapped coming home from a meeting of the Roman Catholic organisation Opus Dei. From The Australian.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19885...
Opening the Doors of Opus Dei
report from Harvard University, USA; from The Harvard Crimson student newspaper.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref...
What is Opus Dei
Short brief on the Opus Dei cult. From ODAN.org.
http://www.odan.org/what_is_opus_dei.htm
Kelly Plays Down Opus Dei Connection
In an interview with the Daily Mirror, her first as Education Secretary, Ms Kelly rejected suggestions she should break off links with the Opus Dei cult. From The Scotsman, UK.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=402...
Scalia and Opus Dei: Radicals on the High Court
Article that discusses Justice Antonin Scalia's involvement in Opus Dei and the effects that such involvement may have on the US Supreme Court and the US legal system.By Mike Whitney; Counterpunch political newsletter, Weekend Edition.
http://www.counterpunch.org/whitney0117200...
Opus Dei in RP: It began with 3 Harvard boys
Description of the Opus Dei cult's infiltration of and recruitment operations in the Philippines. From INQ7.net
http://news.inq7.net/nation/index.php?inde...
Catholicism on campus
Article that details Opus Dei's presence and influence at Princeton University. Shows how the cult prevents legitimate intellectual discussion and debate within the Catholic community there. From Catholic Online.
http://www.catholic.org/national/national_...
Opus Dei has stake in new pope
Article discusses Opus Dei's wealth ($2.8 billion), its power, influence and cultic aspects. From Newsday, NYC, USA.
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wo...
'Da Vinci Code' puts shadowy Opus Dei in the spotlight
Few religious organizations have an aura of mystery and intrigue comparable to the influential Catholic Opus Dei, which is often depicted as a shadowy and power-hungry bastion of ultra- conservatism. From Monsters and Critics.
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/...
The Religion Report
Opus Dei has been accused of secrecy, paranoia toward outsiders and cult-like recruiting practices. This week we take a look at the history of Opus Dei and its founder, from Radio National, Australia.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/relrpt...
The hand of Opus Dei in El Salvador
From the progressive Catholic magazine, The Tablet. Discusses changes in church leadership and influence of liberation theology.
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive...
The Rising Spectre of Opus Dei
From the European Institute of Protestant Studies; good article detailing the organization.
http://www.ianpaisley.org/article.asp?ArtK...
Opus Dei grows, made famous by Da Vinci Code
Overview of the problems Opus Dei is causing in India; from The Times of India, Mumbai.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/article...
Missing Opus Dei banker found dead
A 70-year-old Opus Dei banker missing since early July is found dead near a bridge, Italian police say. From BBC NEWS, UK.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5203172....
Secretive Opus Dei honours banker who was cut up with a chainsaw
Opus Dei, the conservative Catholic organisation, has paid a rare and fulsome tribute to Gianmario Roveraro, an Italian banker who was found murdered last week, chopped into pieces beneath a motorway bridge. The statement is as close as the group’s secretive policy allows to admitting that the pious financier was a member of the movement. From The Sunday Times, UK.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20...
Opus Dei Catholic sect confirms Kelly is a member
Ruth Kelly, the Education Secretary (UK), has been confirmed as a member of Opus Dei by sources in the organisation, ending long-running doubts over her religious affiliation. From The Scotsman, Scotland, UK.
http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=7...
How Opus Dei is still synonymous with homophobia
But it has still not managed to shake off rumours of brainwashing, homophobia and murky political influence. From Independent Online Edition, UK.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_brit...
Controversial Catholic group is given care of parish church
Article detailing Opus Dei's takeover of a parish for recruitment purposes and their operations within Great Britain. From The Times Online, UK.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-...
Decoding secret world of Opus Dei
As part of the Who Runs Your World? series, the BBC's Max Seitz travels to Spain to investigate Opus Dei a sect focused on wealth and power.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4249444....
John Paul, Two
article that explores the role of the Opus Dei cult in the making of the CBS film on Pope John Paul II's life (2nd page of article). From The Boston Globe.
http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2005/...
Opus Dei paper prints prophet in hell cartoon
A cartoon depicting Muhammed in hell has been published by an Italian magazine close to Opus Dei, bringing angry criticism from Muslim groups and disapproval from the Vatican. From The Guardian Unlimited.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoonprotests/...
Questions Persist about Opus Dei
Article begins about halfway down the page. Criticism of the group and its founder, compares Opus Dei's characteristics against the Vatican's own criteria for discerning what is a cult.
http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/c...
Opus Dei must shed light on its dark image
The conservative Roman Catholic group which gained international notoriety in The Da Vinci Code is too secretive for its own good. [Reuters]
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cf...
Taking Five: Opus Dei
Series of articles written by a veteran Catholic journalist.
http://www.takingfive.com/archives.htm#opu...
Behind Opus Dei
Rightly or wrongly, Opus Dei can't shake its reputation for secrecy. From CBS News, USA.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/30/...
Pope election: Opus Dei pulls strings
One of the unanswered questions about next week's secret conclave to elect the next pope is how much influence will be wielded by "the Work," the conservative Roman Catholic organisation called the Opus Dei. Only two cardinals among the 115 electors belong to the organisation, which counts more than 80,000 followers around the world and has often been referred to in Spain, the country where it was founded in 1928, as "God's Octopus." From Sify News, Chennai, India.
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=1371...
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