Word: dei
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They are members of Opus Dei, a worldwide association of Roman Catholic lay people whose message to individuals-particularly professional people-is a sort of Catholic moral rearmament. Based in Spain, Opus Dei now claims a membership of over 60,000 men and women in 69 countries, including 2000 Americans...
...Opus Dei seeks to help its members lead fully Christian lives outside as well as inside the cathedral. By obeying conscientiously the teachings of the Catholic Church in their everyday work-and by influencing their fellow workers to do likewise-members believe they will achieve sanctification...
Despite its claim to be an exclusively spiritual organization, Opus Dei has become a powerful conservative force in Spanish politics and society. Its members occupy top positions in that country's government, economy and university system. Some Spaniards refer to it as "Octopus Dei...
...Spanish lawyer-turned-priest, Msgr. Jose M. Escriva founded Opus Dei in 1928 to counter what he saw as growing secularism and anti-clericalism among Spanish intellectuals. As president-general, Escriva now controls the association from Rome. In 1947, the Vatican officially recognized Opus Dei as the Church's first secular institute...
...Opus Dei," Escriva has written, "was born to tell men and women of every country and of every condition, race, language, milicu, and state of life-single, married and priests-that they can love and serve God without giving up their ordinary work, their family or their normal social relations...