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...Brown's The Da Vinci Code granted fans access to a thrillingly fictionalized Opus Dei. Our story on the reality of the Roman Catholic group inspired readers' aversion, wonder and defense...
...Thank you for your report on the controversial Catholic organization Opus Dei [April 24]. Any group that is exclusive, isolated and secretive cannot be truly Christian. So absorbed are the church leaders in promoting and protecting their agenda that they fail to fulfill their role in the truthful representation of Christ. Etta Albright Cresson, Pennsylvania...
...Brown's best-selling The Da Vinci Code granted fans access to a thrillingly fictionalized Opus Dei, a religious society both secretive and sinister. Our story on the reality of the Roman Catholic group's rituals, social connections and spiritual convictions inspired readers' aversion, wonder and spirited defense Thank you for your report on the controversial Catholic organization Opus Dei [April 24]. Any group that is exclusive, isolated and secretive cannot be truly Christian. Just like the press investigations into the protection given to pedophile priests, your article will help the Roman Catholic Church cleanse itself of its secrecy...
Christ invited all people to celebrate with him in his earthly ministry, but Opus Dei seems to be an exclusive club. Any group that separates itself from daily contact with the faithful violates the teaching that the faithful form one body in Christ. Shame on the Vatican for encouraging the divisive work of Opus Dei. DANEEN WARNER Durham...
...puzzling that people join Opus Dei to live their faith on a daily basis. Anyone can do so without joining an esoteric group. One simply has to attend church, pray regularly, be sincere in trying to live a good life and become an active member of the local parish--no self-flagellation required. Perhaps that is too simple, similar to the injunctions in The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 25, which remind us that we treat Jesus as we treat one another. (THE REV.) TOM ZELINSKI Marathon...