A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Please discuss further on the talk page.(July 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Opus Dei
Seal of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei
Formation
2 October 1928; 95 years ago (1928-10-02)
Type
Personal prelature
Purpose
Spreading the universal call to holiness in ordinary life
Opus Dei (Work of God) was founded in Spain in 1928 by Catholic priest Josemaría Escrivá. Its stated mission is to help its lay and clerical members to seek Christian perfection in their everyday occupations and within their societies. Opus Dei has long attracted significant controversy regarding its political activities and its alleged cult-like practices.
Opus Dei is officially recognized within the Catholic Church, though its status has evolved. It received final approval by the Catholic Church in 1950 by Pope Pius XII.[2] Pope Saint John Paul II made it a personal prelature in 1982 by the apostolic constitution Ut sit; that is, the jurisdiction of the Opus Dei's head covers members wherever they are, rather than geographical dioceses.[2]: 1–9 On 14 July 2022, Pope Francis issued the apostolic letter Ad charisma tuendum, which transferred responsibility for the Opus Dei from the Dicastery for Bishops to the Dicastery for the Clergy and decreed that the head of the Opus Dei cannot become a bishop.[3] While Opus Dei has met controversies, it remains influential within the Church.
Lay people make up the majority of its membership; the remainder are secular priests under the governance of a prelate elected by specific members and appointed by the Pope.[4]Opus Dei is Latin for "Work of God"; hence the organization is often referred to by members and supporters as the Work.[5][6]
As of 2018, there are 95,318 members of the Prelature: 93,203 lay persons and 2,115 priests.[1] These figures do not include the diocesan priest members of Opus Dei's Priestly Society of the Holy Cross, estimated to number 2,000 in the year 2005.[7] Members are located in more than 90 countries.[8] About 70% of Opus Dei members live in their own homes, leading family lives with secular careers,[9][10] while the other 30% are celibate, of whom the majority live in Opus Dei centers. Aside from their personal charity and social work, Opus Dei members organize training in Catholic spirituality applied to daily life; members are involved in running universities, university residences, schools, publishing houses, hospitals, and technical and agricultural training centers.
^ ab"Opus Dei (Personal Prelature) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ abBerglar, Peter (1994). Opus Dei: Life and Work of Its Founder, Josemaria Escriva. Translated by Browne, Bernard; Chessman, Stuart; Junge, John; Gottschalk, Mary. Princeton, NJ: Scepter Publishers, Inc. p. 189. ISBN 0-933932-64-2. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
^Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Upon whom does the prelate of Opus Dei depend? Who appoints him?". Opus Dei.
^"Decoding secret world of Opus Dei". BBC News. 16 September 2005. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
^Bill Tammeus (19 October 2005). "Bishop confirms connection to group". Kansas City Star.
^John Allen (2005). Opus Dei: An Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church. Doubleday Religion. ISBN 0-385-51449-2.
^"Opus Dei to produce Italian cartoon and mini-series on St. Josemaria Escriva". Retrieved 11 December 2016.
^"Opus Dei". BBC Religion and Ethics. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
^Terry Mattingly. "'Da Vinci Code' mania opened up Opus Dei". Albuquerque Tribune. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2007.
OpusDei (Work of God) was founded in Spain in 1928 by Catholic priest Josemaría Escrivá. Its stated mission is to help its lay and clerical members to...
OpusDei is a personal prelature within the Roman Church that has been the subject of numerous controversies. Throughout its history, OpusDei has been...
OpusDei and politics is a discussion on OpusDei's view on politics, its role in politics and its members involvement in politics. OpusDei has been accused...
This is a list of prominent OpusDei members. It is intended to include people whose membership in OpusDei is documented in published sources, and therefore...
Teachings of OpusDei are the teachings of the founder of OpusDei, St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer. The following are the main features of Escrivá's...
Women form 57% of the membership of the OpusDei prelature. The role of women in OpusDei has sometimes been a source of criticism for the organization...
OpusDei: A Historical Timeline shows the historical development of OpusDei. 1902: 9 January. Birth of the founder, St. Josemaría Escrivá, in Barbastro...
Ledóchowski sometimes refer to OpusDei as a Catholic (or Christian or "white") form of Freemasonry. Other critics label OpusDei as "Holy Mafia" or "Santa...
Magnum opus (disambiguation) Opera (disambiguation) (plural form of opus) OpusDei (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with Opus All pages...
undertake specific pastoral activities. The first personal prelature is OpusDei. Personal prelatures, similar to dioceses and military ordinariates, were...
Michael Barrett, a priest of OpusDei (17 May 2006). "OpusDei and Corporal Mortification" (Press release). OpusDei. Allen 2006, pp. 165, 169, 171–173...
Navarro-Valls, a member of OpusDei, as Director of the Vatican Press Office. An OpusDei spokesman said that "the influence of OpusDei in the Vatican has been...
church in America?". Metro Voice News. Retrieved September 29, 2020. "OpusDei sitting on fortune - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved March 31...
God Through Everyday Work: A profile of the Founder of OpusDei, Josemaria Escriva". OpusDei Files. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved...
Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of OpusDei, visited Chile 1974 after which OpusDei begun to spread in the country. OpusDei helped establish the University...
OpusDei in society refers to the social mission, general social strategy, social activities, work, relationship with politics and other aspects of Opus...
The genitive/dative dei occurs in such phrases as Roman Catholic organization OpusDei (work of God), Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) and Dei Gratia (By the Grace...
cover versions of "Live Is Life" by Opus and "One Vision" by Queen. The usage of Nazi symbols and the name "OpusDei" caused the Catholic institution of...
work of OpusDei. Albert Alos recounts their arrival thus in his book: Sowing the Seed, Personal Memories of the First Ten Years of OpusDei in Nigeria...
causes them to become involved in a battle between the Priory of Sion and OpusDei over the possibility of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene having had a child...
his father, and a real-life priest, Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of OpusDei, who was canonized as a Roman Catholic saint. Arising out of the horror...
things. As such, it is associated with the Roman Catholic prelature of OpusDei which Escriva founded. It is an organization which teaches that everyone...
himself to any of the Francoist tendencies, he covertly attempted to push OpusDei into power. A man without scruples conscientiously mounted his own State...
Global Information
