Archbishop Gomez & Opus Dei

[rcn]

Augustine:

Honestly, why should they care to answer outrageous questions, when answering is close to admiting to wrong doing?

The questions are not outrageous - they are perfectly reasonable.

If anyone can point out a credible piece of journalism in which OD addresses the concerns that many people have about it, I will be most attentive. I thought the “response” and the “counter response” at the end of the “America” article were very insightful.

Why answer, when that would be close to admission of wrong-doing? Because if recent events in the Church have taught anything, it’s that sooner or later the truth will come out anyway.

 

[Annunciata]

rcn:

The questions are not outrageous - they are perfectly reasonable.

If anyone can point out a credible piece of journalism in which OD addresses the concerns that many people have about it, I will be most attentive. I thought the “response” and the “counter response” at the end of the “America” article were very insightful.

Why answer, when that would be close to admission of wrong-doing? Because if recent events in the Church have taught anything, it’s that sooner or later the truth will come out anyway.

Maybe you ought to check this out:

Here is an interesting quote by Michelle Arnold from Ask The Apologist:

Opus Dei is a personal prelature established by the Holy See and approved by Pope John Paul II. Its founder, Josemaria Escriva, was canonized in October 2002. In other words, the Church fully approves of Opus Dei. Although such approval does not mean that individuals not attracted to Opus Dei’s spirituality and charism must encourage others to join Opus Dei, it does mean that the group should not be considered a “radical sect.” For more information on Opus Dei from the perspective of a journalist who is not a member, I recommend Opus Dei: Leadership and Vision in Today’s Catholic Church by Vittorio Messori, the journalist who co-authored with the Pope his book Crossing the Threshold of Hope.

 

[kmktexas]

Kevin Walker:

I thought all the sudden publicity regarding Opus Deihad to do with their being villanized in the book The DaVinci Code?

This is just a new wave. I think a lot of the bad press started when the cannonization process for Josemaria Escriva kicked into high gear. He was somewhat of a “personality”. Even in OD material, you read about his temper, his obsessiveness with certain aspects of religious life. He is not portrayed as a very patient person. So some people wanted to make the case that he was not “saint” material. Those people forget, of course, that saints don’t always lead lives of perfect virture. What counts, is that they perservered to the end and made it to heaven.