Opus Dei

QotD: Mind Eraser

If you could, which film would you un-watch or which book would you un-read? Submitted by Kate. "Pengkhianatan G 30 S/PKI" was shown each year on Indonesian TV to perform the national trauma of the incidents of 1965 in Java, Bali and elsewhere in Indonesia. It is a propaganda movie of the New Order of the Indonesian military dictator Soeharto whose rule was established in the aftermath of the mass killings. The movie is filled with lies ignoring historical facts. There was no conspiratorial mee...

Opus Dei Marks 1 Year in Russia [2008-07-24]

Zenit.org ).- The Opus Dei prelature has completed a year of service in Russia, a year in which its members say they have learned the great richness that the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches can...

Pope Benedict holds emotional encounter with terminally ill police officer

Sydney, Jul 16, 2008 / 04:00 pm (CNA) .- After resting two days at the Opus Dei Center in the Australian Blue Mountains, Pope Benedict XVI held an emotional encounter with members of his security team...

Church Within Church And Feminist Musings (ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES)

No, it's not Opus Dei within the Catholic Church this time, but the suggestion in Britain to protect those Anglican ministers who don't want to serve under female bishops: MORE than 1300 clergy, including 11 serving bishops, have written to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to say that they will defect from the Church of England if women are consecrated bishops. As the wider Anglican Communion fragments over homosexuality, England's established church is moving towards its own crisis with a...

Difficult to find structure for Opus Dei

By Msgr. Pedro Lopez-Gallo Opus Dei has been stigmatized by some for its supposed secrecy, but in reality there is no truth in this assessment. Only those who know the genesis of Opus Dei (Latin f...

Origins of a personal prelature

By Msgr. Pedro Lopez-Gallo In my last article I spoke of the organization called Opus Dei, which has the aim of spreading the call to holiness to all. I mentioned how difficult it was for all who ...

Testimony of Bishop Javier Echevarria about St Josemaria

Javier Echevarria first met St Josemaria in 1948. From 1953 onwards he worked closely with him. After St Josemaria's death he continued working with Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, and in 1994 succeeded him as Prelate of Opus Dei.

Opus Dei Welcomes 36 New Priests

ROME, MAY 25, 2007 (Zenit.org).- "Always be available to all," was the advice given by the Opus Dei prelate to the 36 men he ordained priests in Rome. Bishop Javier Echevarría told the ordinands: "You will be dispensers of the mysteries of God. With St. Josemaría, our beloved founder, I remind you that a priest is judge, doctor, teacher, father and pastor. "You will be pastors after Christ, the Good Shepherd, who gave his life for his sheep. So, impelled by pastoral charity, always be availabl...

Kate Hudson ? oder wat der Däiwel schief leeft

Ech hu gëschter Owend alt mol rem eng Kéier Almost Famous, de magnum opus vum Cameron Crowe gekuckt an war wéi ëmmer begeeschtert vum Kate Hudson sénger Performance. (Niewebäi denken ech, dass de Film woerscheinlech déi beschtgeschriwwen Dialoger aus dem läschte Joerzéngt huet. Dat ass mer gëschter opgefall. Wahnsinn, wat dat fir Dialoger sinn. Onfaassbar [...]

Daily Spirit-guided thought for 05/12/08.

Hey, Pvt. Assclown Assy McChung -- JOBLESS son-of-a-bitch ! ! ! OPUS DEI on your UnEmployed, WhoopAss, ass ! ! ! http://LazyWanger/Jobless/BadProvider/WifeSplit In Pvt. Assy Mc Chungs collective clinical experience, it is the overeating from the i...