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Can someone tell me what this actually is and what all the controvsery over it is…
can anyone be part of it?
Is it good or bad?
thanks!
can anyone be part of it?
Is it good or bad?
thanks!
Yes, I agree this is how most folks have heard of Opus Dei. However, there have been newspaper and magazine articles about the rumors surrounding Opus Dei well before The Da Vinci Code was published.The contraversy mostly comes from the fictional book the Davinci code which has an evil charachter that is an Opus Dei Monk (There is no such thing by the way).
Opus Dei is an international lay Catholic group whose core ideal is the sanctification of work. But critics and some former members have accused the group of having cult-like practices and promoting a right-wing agenda.
Opus Dei was founded in Spain in 1928; today, it has 84,000 members in 80 countries. For many, the group first gained wide attention when it was portrayed in Dan Brown’s best-selling novel, The Da Vinci Code. The thriller depicted the group as a repository for arcane knowledge and fervent – even dangerous – belief.
npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5029154Two other real-life events also helped to raise Opus Dei’s profile: FBI agent Robert Hanssen, a member of the group, was arrested for spying in 2001; and Pope John Paul II canonized founder Josemaria Escriva as a saint in 2002.