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...period after death for the opening of the beatification process. John Paul had done the same with Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who was beatified quicker than anyone before, just six years after her 1997 death. The quickest to get all the way to sainthood under current procedures was Opus Dei founder Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, who died in 1975, and was canonized...
...Opus Dei and Faith Thank you very much for your objective reporting on the controversial Roman Catholic society Opus Dei [April 24]. I have been a supernumerary member for 13 years, and I am still struggling to do my work well in order to please God. Are we conservative? Well, if you consider Opus Dei's efforts to conserve the core values of Christ's ministry, then yes, that is indeed true. But terms that are more descriptive of the character of Opus Dei are faithfulness and fidelity to the teaching of the Catholic Church. Studying Christ's teachings...
...Frothingham Professor of the History of Religion François Bovon! Have you ever been chased by the giant albino assassin of Opus Dei? “Not only I have not been chased by the giant albino of Opus Dei, but I know exactly where is in Rome, not far from the Piazza Navona, the door on which I should knock to have access to the Opus Dei! “By the way, I am rather slow. It is only after three years I finally bought ‘The Da Vinci Code’ waiting...
...what you'd expect, some would say, from a smug bunch of infidels. Well, despite my cataloguing of the movie's faults, I'm not among the smirkers. In that blizzard of what's-in-the-movie publicity, there was speculation that the filmmakers might shy from the Opus Dei subplot, or at least from naming the group. One wag suggested that, given the character played by the child actor Ronny Howard on The Andy Griffith Show, he might re-dub it Opie Dei. But no, he charged ahead, calling it by name and depicting the society in exactly...
...quite at home with the concepts of Mendelian variation within species and natural selection. They simply object to wild extrapolations beyond observable limits of genetic variability. Don't hide behind the cloak of science when it's clear that you're an evolution evangelist. Dwayne Spies Chilliwack, Canada Opus Dei and Faith Thank you very much for your objective reporting on the controversial Roman Catholic society Opus Dei [April 24]. I have been a supernumerary member for 13 years, and I am still struggling to do my work well in order to please God. Are we conservative? Well...