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...That’s why I don’t wear a pin saying, ‘I’m in Opus Dei,’” says Joseph F. Keefe ’04, a member of Opus Dei. That’s simply not Opus Dei?...
Perhaps because of this private nature of the apostolic work of Opus Dei, the organization is not widely known in the United States...
...press wave that followed, Opus Dei was introduced, to those Americans who were listening, in increasingly critical language. U.S. News and World Report wrote about an “ultraconservative Opus Dei faction of the Roman Catholic Church,” and, a year later when Escriva was canonized, Newsweek called Opus Dei a “shadowy church within the church...
...Opus Dei is what is called a “personal prelature” of the Catholic Church—an entity under the jurisdiction of the Vatican but separate from regional dioceses. In 1982, Pope John Paul II approved the creation of the personal prelature as a new kind of organization in the Church expressly for the purpose of defining Opus Dei. Three popes prior to John Paul had denied Opus Dei this status...
Members say the personal-prelate distinction allows Opus Dei’s influence to transcend geography; whereas the Boston Archdiocese is defined by its location, Opus Dei is defined by its persons. Others point out that the special status exempts Opus Dei from the usual lines of accountability—the local diocese has no authority over the actions of Opus Dei priests...