“A Conspiracy of Faith” is the darkest of the Department Q stories, focusing on a case involving a murderer, religious fanaticism, and abducted siblings. The film follows the disappearance of siblings Samuel and Magdalena, who grew up in a religious community in Denmark. Copenhagen’s Dep Q finds a message in a bottle with a cry for help from a captive boy, who proclaims his allegiance to the devil and has committed multiple kidnappings to make families lose their faith.
Department Q is drawn into two intertwined cases linking the past with the present, requiring the aid of Department Q to catch an elusive serial killer while time is running out. The two children lived in terror of her religious rants, which led to a concoction of evil deeds not normally seen in 10 episodes of the series. Two teenage boys have been abducted, held prisoner, and are begging for their lives.
The city is the birthplace of the infamous secret society that has become part myth, part historical truth, and the foundation of countless conspiracy theories. A long-closed double murder case ends up on Carl Morck’s desk, and he soon realizes something is terribly wrong. A UK conspiracy theory newspaper shares calls for trials and executions of politicians and doctors with links to the British far-right and a BBC unmasks how the late Nigerian televangelist TB Joshua faked miracles that drew millions of people to his church.
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📹 Faith, power, manipulation – The secrets of the Opus Dei sect | DW Documentary
For many critics, the arch-conservative Catholic community Opus Dei is a diabolical sect. However, Opus Dei (which translates to …
I live in one of the North Eastern States of India and can proudly say that there are not enough people like me in this world who don’t believe in the Bible, Quran, Gita, Torah and every other religious book. I prefer science and logical reasoning but I can’t understand why despite the deployment of more than 60,000 Indian troops in my state, I can’t understand why bombs continue to fall near my home. Can any conspiracy theorist explain why my India is not able to stop the Kuki terror networks who are dropping bombs from drones made in China ? Are Chinese drones really powerful?
I think this podcast misses a significant feature of the “conspiracy phenomenon,” and that is the stratification of social media consumers (i.e., users). In the broadest strokes, there are conspiracy believers and conspiracy scoffers. The major issue is not opposing conspiracies, it is the intellectually pliant versus the critical thinkers, fantasists vs realists. And there are layers within those. The question isn’t what will the labile do, the question is, how to pull them back in—when logic is not the answer. While social media provides some insight, it is not, itself, a tool by which one can take a deep dive into any population’s psyche. The mob that attacked the Capitol was exactly that—an ineffective, leaderless mob—not the vanguard of an army. The cream of the crazies were drawn together by the lunatic-in-chief; of course they will continue to rant (19:22). They’re off their meds.
I think you nailed it when you said both halves of American people are looking at each other through the Looking Glass that’s distorted. Both sides really do have the same ideas about what is wrong and what to do about it and how to fix it, but they’re separated by party and now by a person who wasn’t even in a party but is only in it for power. And since 2020 it’s hard to know what is real anymore or even the meaning of “real ” from whoever is speaking their version. SOS from America!
You can say alot of things about the United States but we are never boring. This feels like the 3rd installment in a movie trilogy. In part one, a candidate believes the White House is hers until a dark horse celebrity real estate “mogul” takes the election. In Part 2, a worldwide virus effectively knocks the President out of the White House, but he vows revenge as his supporters attack the Capitol. And finally in Part 3, he has his eyes on the ultimate power seat again, vowing to never relinquish it and is on his way to victory until he makes the horrible mistake of debating his old feeble opponent too early allowing a younger woman of color to replace him. Her polls surge. She now leads. If he loses, he faces prison time. What will happen next? What is the fate of this election and America. Whichever way, the fallout will terrify you. Get your popcorn ready.
The way OD operates sounds similar to how the evangelical movement infiltrated local government in the USA by running for every position available then once in office they could staff non elected positions in local government with like minded people who were basically permanent. With this base they were able to move on to state level then national level elected offices and it was extremely effective. I actually had a situation where a mental health worker at a county center insisted we pray and she basically started speaking in tongues. And I thought I was supposed to be the crazy one.
This documentary is loaded with mistakes: Opus Dei was not founded in Navarra, but rather in Madrid where the founder lived in 1928 and where the first members joined the organization. During the Spanish Civil War Opus Dei did not associate with Franco nor benefited from Navarra’s special tax system, in fact during the Civil War Opus Dei was a pigmy organization with only a little group of members scattered around the country and thus just unknown and irrelevant to Franco . After five minutes of perusal this rubbish I signed off I am not a member of Opus Dei but it annoys me to read variations about the same clichés and inaccuracies after so many years.
I’m very disappointed. I used to watch a lot of your articles to learn about new subjects, but now I see that I cannot trust your work. When I got to college, I went to an Opus Dei residency for students (open to everybody, even for students that didn’t have faith, and of course there were some members of OD), where I lived for 5 years, and I can say for a fact that this article has a lot of mistakes, misconceptions and the worst of all: it has lies. This is very sad. I hope you’ll be more careful in your next articles.
I was Opus Dei educated from 7th grade through college. I had no boss, just a confessor who was my priest from birth. Fr Fred knew me before I was born and died in 2007. No one is keeping tags on you, I’m hyper-numerate, which is just really great at math. I then selected a new priest and he has to listen to me now, I don’t work for the priest he works for me. Also, I never saw my parents pay them anything. I was on a full ride the whole way. I’ve never seen one of my professors inflict pain or intentionally bruise themselves. This documentary is just people who hurt. Some of what they say may actually be true. But it’s like combat in the desert…results may vary. I was a test pilot for helicopters, my younger brother was a truck driver, and another brother a Cavalry scout. My tours were highly hands on but easy…only for me. Opus Dei cares for many people who cannot do mathematics, they recruit mathematicians and teachers…I bet there are a few pricks in the organization. It’s like this in all organizations. Organizations have flaws. Opus Dei has people, who take in and care for the simple, some autism, fetal alcohol adoptions, lambs of God.
As a doctor and a christian practitioner, i was involved in many christian groups, chatolic, prostestant, orthodox, yoga, passioned about statistics i can tell you that this dw film has errors, perspectives errors. There is a tendency to blame the other, for your choices that weren’t fit for you. One of the groups i was involved saw themselves as “the athletes of God ” . I understood them, i prcaticed, i couldn’t do it everyday. You have to objective. If you are a sportman your coach will push your limits, will tell you, you have to eat that, do this exercises..etc. There are people who will get frustrated, but it’s not coachs fault. Chosing to pursue excelence it’s not a bad thing. You choose for a competion, fit people. Opus Dei is more riguros, doesn’t mean is bad. We have a tendency to criticesized what is not in a “medium range ” and we can’t achieve with normal strugle. The Dw voice choosed in this film is also diferent depending who portraits, the background music is purposely dark. A lot of people from Europe don’t really understand and internalize, what is the concept of market economy . Competing ideas, competing groups are normal and also good that exist. Don’t blame the game if you can’t respect the rules !!! Play another one!!
I’ve met many people from Opus Dei and, as a matter of fact, they were incredibly kind to me, to my family and to my friends. In addition, if we take the definition of ‘sect’ from the Cambridge Dictionary, it says that a sect is ‘a religious group that has separated from a larger religion and is considered to have extreme or unusual beliefs or customs’, hence, as the Opus Dei is recognized and accepted by the Church, I think it must be said that Opus Dei is nothing close to a sect, just an institution. Just that. I believe Opus Dei has done a much greater good than evil. I’m Spanish and here it is widely spread, so I probably have experienced Opus Dei way more than a lot of people from the comments section. I’ve met a lot of people from Opus Dei and, honestly, they all were very nice.
Also, the self mortification practices……seriously, overblown Some of the people I knew would sleep on the floor once a week or supposedly flog themselves (hardly) with a rope. I always felt like they were posers, fakers and attention mongers. I thought if you really want to sacrifice some pain, trade in those 200 dollar penny loafers for some high heels.
Interesting documentary! I visit the Opus Dei centre approx. twice a month with a group of students. Their members are very kind, highly educated and appear very pious. Personally, I have not had any bad experience with them and even though they can be pushing a bit, they never went over the line with me. They do invest a lot of time into bringing people closer to the Christian faith according to the RCC, which I personally appreciate. They seem to be able to have more effect than others here in the area, a Dutch city close to Cologne. This documentary does give an interesting view of some of their behaviours though. Still love them kindly.
Bravo for giving this topic the ol’ college try! Presenting Opus Dei in a comprehensive manner is a tall order. You hit a lot of the highlights though, and I appreciate the fact that you spent time addressing the experiences of those who had been involved and ultimately left. These individuals (I think of them as survivors) are the canaries in the coal mine that is Opus Dei.
Nothing new under the sun. Mix secular journalists’ opinion with ominous music—and bam!—you get a thriller documentary. Also why not add seeds of doubt to a case already deemed as having no indication of foul play while they are at it? Except for manipulation/pressure (the testimony of the former members are quite valid), majority of what is reported here is actually quite common to other religious orders: strict schedule (not a surprise…), obedience (unless it is unethical), giving all your money to the organisation (all religious members do this but nobody bats an eye), and limited entertainment (please direct them to a nearby Catholic monastery), but the report makes it seem like this is only Opus Dei’s practice. Not even physical mortification is an issue. Many saints did this! So it seems what is problematic to DW is that Opus Dei is Catholic; the “journalist” sounded somewhat dismayed that Pope Francis was not “in the reform movement”. LOL, what does that have anything to do with Opus Dei??
I’m 50year old and when I was a teenager I was kind of a troubled child. However I was raised going to church since the day I was born literally. However as a teenager my parents didn’t know what to do with me so they decided to send me to live with nuns that lived in a home they shared and also have known me since birth. The sisters had a scheduled everyday and that waking up early getting ready then having breakfast then praying 🙏🏼 the rosary going to the church and praying some more then going back to their home eat dinner and get ready for bed by 8 p. I looked forward to Sunday church cause my parents were in the choir. It was kinda scary only cause it was always quiet. Ok now I questioned them why they woke up so early then go to bed early. The five sisters would break some rules for me and take me to the movies 🍿 and take me to my parents so I can tell my momma why she left me there and she replied “I thought it would be nice for U and fix U. ” well I did learn the nuns never got nun. and learned to behave so I don’t have to go to church 5 times a week lol. Don’t get me wrong I love my God but I was a teenager. it’s 2weeks and my beautiful nuns needed a break from me. Lol. The point is I never saw these nuns stressed out or scared of the priests. Maybe it’s cause it’s different now. My beautiful nuns are all past away now and missed dearly. How ever I don’t understand how this could turn to a cult. How sad how people take advantage of the religion, for power n money.
I find this very fishy! If Mr. J came to save us, why all this nonsense about suffering and pain? He should have stayed at home because after he left… came all this hatred (crusades, inquisitions, wars, discriminations, abuses, rapes, suffering, etc.) Nothing good for our humanity. Did he really come to save us or to destroy us? Or are all those religious groups/septs/cults using his name in vain?
Opus D here are well connected in finance, bussiness, government and the church heirarchy. They can sway our government to award bigmoney projects to their favored contractors. Our finance ministers have been members of Opus D. But they are quite as a mouse. They avoid media but they have very strong influence with media. Its a “secret syndicate”.
Australia had free college and university education when I was young but today its very expensive students finishing college start work with huge debts. A Catholic woman predicted about 4 months ago that a famous man well known to the world would be assassinated She doesnt live anywhere near Japan she certainly didnt kill Shinzo Abe. We had Nuns at school some were cruel Bitches obviously shouldn’t have been in the convent, others were very saintly I must say. I’m putting comments about a few issues mentioned in the article .
To me, the problem does not seem to be the rules, obedience (unless commanded into a sin), and penitential practices – if one doesn’t like an organization, don’t join it. The problem with this group is that one seems to be love bombed and drawn into a world one didn’t expect or anticipate with full knowledge and freedom of choice. Also, whatever compels one to stay out of fear or guilt or fearing the loss of one’s salvation is also a far cry from other organizations, however severe and penitential, but where one is free to leave and advocated to leave if one is not up for the lifestyle.
This documentary stirred lots of painful memories. I was in a relationship with an OD member when I was doing my PhD at an elite university in Europe. As an atheist from outside of Europe, I had not heard of OD and didn’t know he was in OD. I thought he was just religious as he went to church and prayed a lot every day. He kept our relationship a secret and traveled back home in Spain every weekend. I was naïve and thought he might have another girlfriend or even family back home. I finally found out about OD and learned that he was supposed to be celibate. He told me he’d lived in some sort of university dorm with some senior priests since a kid. OD sent him to our university for doing PhD to prepare him for leadership in an elite university in Spain. He said it was his first time living on his own, and he felt more distant from God. He said he went back to the dorm in Spain every weekend to restore his faith and to have weekly meetings on new recruits. I saw him struggle for months, and one day he said he was going through the legal procedures to quit OD. He became a different person once quitting OD; we broke up on bad terms and have not spoken since. Upon graduating his PhD, he joined the elite university in Spain as originally planned and is happily married. I am happy for him, but I wish I didn’t have to go through all those painful years to find out about OD.
As a catholic who lived in an Opus Dei study center (a residence for varsity students) with numeraries and (frequented) many Opus Dei priests for many years (still am), I can surely declare that this is a very misleading documentary full of nonsense. Most (98%) Opus Dei members are catholic lay people who take part in everyday secular activities. They can be doctors, engineers, teachers, ministers, carpenters, plumbers, etc like any citizen of the country they live in. There is nothing secret, manipulative or powerful about Opus Dei. This is yet another stupid, low and shameful attack on Catholic Church organisations that try to live out their faith faithfully by the liberal media mob. There is absolutely nothing being taught in Opus Dei that s contrary to catholic sound doctrine. The ex Opus Dei priest talked a lot of nonsense. Life in Opus Dei is not as difficult and unpleasing as he made it sound. There are TVs in centers, movies are watched, football is watched (I watched the 2020 Russia World cup, the Euro 2018 and every other big games, the classico, etc), … Of course they try to keep the environment as sane as possible by discarding obscene movies and limiting distraction time. Remember, it s a study center, you are encouraged and taught how to plan and maximise your time. You are encouraged to study hard, to make friends, to help people, etc . Nothing is forced on you and you can leave whenever you want. This priest was just probably ashamed to live out his life freely, he was constantly worried of what others might think or say of him.
I don’t recognise Opus Dei in this report. I have friends in opus dei for more than 30 years, three who left after a few year – totally without drama though it of course was a disappointment for their fellow numerarias. At one stage I asked to become à supernumeraria. Members recieve a thourough education in theology & philosophy and more. Not many are admitted to this extensive, ambitious program; I wasn’t. Still, I enjoy very much to visit a center when I have the opportunity.
If one is looking for a clear-eyed, critically balanced and informative piece on Opus Dei, this DW effort sadly does not measure up. It is uncertain even that a more generous budget or more committed journalism would have helped, since the producers appear to have started out with a pretty evident agenda. Using such a heavy-handed approach, some existing biases will of course be confirmed, if that was the objective; however, real critique and reflection on the Opus Dei movement have not been advanced. I am not an Opus Dei member and was simply looking for some background. I enjoy drawing my own moral conclusions from the facts presented – organized to support a thesis, fine – but unadorned, please, with cinematic effects and sinister-sounding background music, etc. I am also not a journalist, but I know that merely refusing an interview should not be taken as affirmation of the journalist’s suspicions.
I used to pray with Opus Dei in the 1970’s and 1980’s we had a statue of our Lady which went around the homes of Opus Dei members, I used to read the book written from their founder. In our parish in outer western Sydney our priest was very male only no woman should walk on the alter, read, or give out communion, I used to work for the government in my section I had a male who was in Opus Dei, he would sit at his desk in trances, praying. When our department was located in the city most of my floor would go up the hill to mass, not mr T. I shifted to Melbourne in 1995 new parish, those coming to live in the area worked out a plan how we could help run the parish. So we began to have readers, give out communion. I stopped reading the Opus Dei book, women participated in all areas,we held social events where every house hold bought a dish. Amongst us were Maltese migrants,Chinese migrants later on our South African friends. We had a big fete on earth year where every person in the parish did something,
I lived the Opus Dei life. Went to their schools. Traveled many places with the organization and stayed in their beautiful centers through college. Even got to meet the Pope. I came in contact with so many well educated, strong women. I really loved it. However, they did probably think I was going to become a numerary,which is like an undercover nun. lol! However, I think a lot of this article sounds like sour grapes and jealousy. If I’m being honest.
I was a cooperator for a few years in the late 90’s. I was running a business at the time and the OD priest visited me at work. Everything was ok until I mentioned to a numerary if he had read a recent bio of St. Thomas More. He told me that the book was not on the approved list for OD members but referred me to one written by a member. This didn’t sit well with me. After a few years and numerous cooperator meetings, I decided that the OD was not the right fit with my own spirituality. However, I found found nothing nefarious or sinister with the regard to the organization. However, for one raised in the Franciscan tradition, OD appears to be the direct opposite. The Franciscans work from the bottom up with the poor and OD works from the top down focused on targeting potential influencers in society. Not saying that OD is a wrong approach but it was not for me.
Too focused on the ultimately inconsequential aspects of its strict social and disciplinary internal culture, and not enough on their society-wide ultra capitalist, neoliberal, and rabid anti-socialist external politics, which is, after all, what always has and continues to truly drives the organization till this day.
I had actually heard that more than taboo, in some parts it is illegal to speak freely about the fascist atrocities. is that true? if so, that is a perfect lesson for us in the states. while history must be relegated to/by facts/stats, certain aspects must never be shied away from or omitted completely based upon opinions/feelings. simple as that
Most virtue signal their search for God never wanting God to actually find them. Jewish wisdom says that at age 40 humans develop insight but many call it midlife crisis and go chasing sport cars and young lovers instead of having the courage to take a good look at who they truly are. They rather be fascinated by their reflection in the narcissistic pool. When one says religion is not for them, that is precisely when they should push through to understand in debt what the fuss is all about. It is a scary domain to look at your own darkness but that’s what enlightenment is and not imagining your self a light being. What the caterpillar sees as the end of the world, the master sees as a butterfly. The fear of God is not what we usually call fear. It is more a fear that you will lose God. When grace finds you, you can be bold, aggressive, loving, questioning because you must also test that you do not bow to someone else. This that we now perceive as power and manipulation could have been the only way for religion to last through time and space or perhaps we would not know about it.
I’m a Christian and not catholic. The thing is all organization have flaws and have some form of power abuse. And all types of people are there like society. And its really tricky when a MAN is representing the message of God. I’m just saying It is just so hard to be a christian in any context because it seems that we are not allowed to make mistakes, and will be heavily judged by people who are skeptics. that don’t realize they are disrespectful. it is really tricky. The Church is full of broken people and gradually in phase of changes. Christians are imperfect people too who also do their best to be better people.
Mediocre journalism. I get that journalists have biases and we probably have to respect that. But they do have a duty to being balanced; it’s nowhere in this film. At the end of the documentary, there is insinuation that OD lacks “love and mercy”. But the producers have never even mentioned OD’s many charitable initiatives all over the world, institutions that educate the poor (who have no way of ever repaying OD) and give them a bright future. There are also ordinary lay members who find deep fulfillment in their being part of the prelature; none of them seems to have been interviewed here. And there are former members like myself who have experienced that love and mercy in OD and still savor it outside the organization (precisely because of their formation in OD). It is of course sad that some former members had bad experiences with specific OD members; they must be given attention and remedy. But their stories cannot be the sole color of the tapestry of OD within the Church and the world. As audiences we have to be intelligent enough to recognize that as well.
Unfortunately, Dw didn’t improve a good documentary. What I watched isn’t different of what appeared some years ago related to Code da Vinci film. It’s simply an attack against Catholic Church, of course promoted by a group that hate Opus dei. I thought I would change my point of vue about Opus Dei, but continue the same – it’s like this special beer that only few people like and appreciate. There are others types of beers, even more popular and tasteful.
Pope Francis did reel in the power of OD last year. From The Mexicanist: “Due to the reform that Pope Francis made in a text called “To safeguard the charism”, the institution’s Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei will now have certain limits, such as reporting its finances and the education it offers to its priests; its leader is no longer a bishop, which means a small blow to the organization, so it will not be able to ordain priests from its group either.”
Wasn’t too convinced this was going to be good. Within 30 seconds lady goes “even more authoritarian than the Church itself”…. Calling a Church authoritarian is like calling fire hot. Yes, the Church has authority, it is an authority. Already lost interest in the doc as I can see clearly what the agenda is here
Opus Dei is not a traditional work of the Catholic Church and there are many strange rumors about it. But Francisco Franco was a hero of Spain and still deserves to be held in high esteem for what he did for Spain and the Catholic Church during the Civil War of Spain. The Anti-Catholic, Anti-Christian forces would have destroyed the country without him. He was needed at the time he was ruling Spain
I don’t know why people join Opus Dia Thinking it is one big holiday camp Opus Dia Is for people who want to live a consecrated life of prayer and contemplation. It is a strict branch of the Catholic Church and it is meant for people who are serious about a closer relationship with God it is not a social group you can find those anywhere in society it is an order of strict adherence and if you’re not preparedTo have a close relationship with God as an any religious order whether it be a Convent or a monastery. A strict relationship with God means exactly thatAnd that Is what OpusDia Is about
26:09 There was already a Personal Prelature in existence before Opus Dei lol. Wow! Did anybody do actual research for this episode? Or did they just go to the Library and get one book about them? I know they googled it lol. There are so many mistakes and conjectures and lies in this episode that it’s obviously just a hit piece on Opus Dei. Sad DW I’m truly disappointed in your shoddy journalism if you can even call it that.
All I can say is that there is misinformation in this documentary. I’m surprised that DW will take its time to produce a documentary that is so clearly biased. I will watch DW TV news with very different eyes from now on. The part where a former Opus Dei priest says they’re not allowed to watch soccer matches is just absurd. I have watched soccer matches at an Opus Dei Center alongside several teenagers, young adults, adults and priests around and we all had fun perusal it. Everyone is allowed to join. Peopled prefer to believe all the nonsense Dan Brown has written rather than giving in to christian beliefs and traditions. When I told a work colleague I was attending Opus Dei, she just uttered: “Oh, those madmen who crack themselves with a whip every day?” Totally nonsense.
He was known for his physical prowess on stage very athletic or Alive very impulsive very passionate or Richard III and he was known for his swashbuckling abilities and he fit the part he dressed accordingly and he acted his own way he was blustered he was passionate he was exceedingly good looking women could not resist him he had wonderful dark eyes and a beautiful melodious voice
hELLO IF YOUR NOT READY TO BE A GOOD FOLLOWER OF GOD THEN DONT ENTER OPUS DEI. Remember OPUS DEI practices the way of GOD; JESUS CHRIST…EVEN MOTHER THERESA and POPE JOHN PAUL practices it, as this serves their connection of FAITH TO GOD… if your not ready to be that kind then dont join,No one is forcing you…..
People who or corrupt seek out institutions in which they know they can manipulate others into forming mini-cults. The problem is when those institutions don’t do enough to consistently scrutinize their members throughout the world, allowing the corrupt to rise in power and prestige until something horrific happens.
I read a book, “Thy Kingdom Come.” A good analysis of this RC cult. They choose members on the basis of their wealth, their potential to become important members of society–of the academe and government. It is not a group that truly worships the One true God but they have a worldly agenda to rule over people.
The life of St. Ignatius of Loyola would help us understand the importance that everything is a means to an end and the end is to praise, reverence, and serve God. The rules should not be the end in itself. I remember a Director of Opus Dei once told me that this charism is not for everyone but I was surprised that leaving the “work” may lead to pressure among members who stayed. I do not know if this is also the same case here in the Philippines.
Wow I didn’t know my cousin who is a lifelong member is scary and ominous and perverse. And I have always thought that she was kind, an exemplar, living her life as a true witness to the Christian ideal. She had me fooled I guess. Thanks for telling me. I can always count on mainstream media for the truth.
Overall, I generally like DW documentaries, BUT I take exception with this one. I have been a member of Opus Dei for 30 years and while there is a bit of truth in the testimonies of these disgruntled ex-members they are giving a negative caricature of Opus Dei . . Opus Dei truly is simply trying to “…light up the pathways of this earth with faith, love and understanding..” (taken from prayer cards of founder St. Josemaria Escriva and successor Don Alvaro Del Portillo) . . due to our fallen human nature, we are all prone to various forms of selfishness, which can take many forms such as holding grudges, stubbornness, excessive self-pity, etc, etc. So in an organization of approx 100k, there bound to be some examples of people acting inappropriately. Those are the exceptions, though . . I am sure Mother Theresa’s Daughters of Charity occasionally have a sister that may not be so kind with some patients (or lose her patience). You can probably find some disgruntled Daughters of Charity that don’t like the way Mother Theresa ran things . . But that doesn’t mean the overall mission and work they do is bad .
“Will the Jewish people love a 45 year old, catholic, polish women as their Jewish Messiah” That’s how I already revealed myself back in October. My name is MAGDALENA this time. If that’s not enough proof that JESUS was a Messiah then there is another one. Everything God showed me and told me happened outside. GOD IS NOT INSIDE THE CHURCHES. TIME FOR CHANGE IS NOW😥🙏🕊🕊🕊
Great article. Book recommendation for anyone interested in this subject matter: “Man Being Volume 1: The Transmission”. It covers everything from dreams, death, the afterlife, time travel, reincarnation, extraterrestrials, portals and gateways, Vatican and Renaissance secrets, Ancient civilizations, Lemuria, Atlantis, Jesus, Sinai, Egyptians and the Pyramids, Hebrew letters, etc. Wild read. Best I’ve had in years.
I had some Spanish colleagues over before their return to Spain. As they left, Inma put Opus Dei leaflets into my hands and told me to pray to Josemaria Escriva to find a husband! I was speechless! We had never discussed anything personal. I had never spoken about my marital state or the desire to get married.
Saying something controversial gets more views. I studied at an Opus Dei university for 5 years and knew the priests and numeraries personally. They never flagellated themselves, they watch movies and eat pizza. The criticism here is controvertible, and the director’s choice of quotes leans to one side. … This documentary tries to turn the mood against the mind.
As a portuguese citizen, where Opus Dei influence is high I find this doc is low on perspective, actions, facts and principles. One hour of fluff… When similar docs about other religions come out, I’ll consider them all. If as it is, the critical focus remais in oikos, i’ll only take it as more data instead of pertinent data. Because data is only useful in contrast to different data – with reference to similar fenomena. That we can verify.
For some years now, my experience with Opus Dei has actually been pretty great, even though I’m not part of the prelate. They’re kind, well educated and never push far. Also, their style of spirituality seem to function very well with the modern day life of work and study, having showed me that this things are not a burden, but can surely be a path to God if made with love. Surprisingly, contrary to what the documentary suggests, I see a lot of liberty in there. I think people should have the courage to see things for themselves, instead of just take conclusions based on what is said by others on a single documentary.
My sister, now widowed, was married to a fine man who worked in the British Foreign Office. Both of them were devout Catholics. They were approached many years ago by a charming Opus Dei couple in their parish who had befriended them (he was in academia) and tried to recruit them. My sister and brother in law said no, Opus Dei spirituality did not appeal to them. Gentle pressure was put on them to join from different directions for a couple of years, and they got annoyed by it. So My sister (a deceptively quiet but strong-minded woman), went to the Opus Dei couple who were their friends, sat them down and said that she and my brother-in-law were Carmelites, (she was; he wasn’t) and that precluded them joining another religious institute. This insuperable spiritual obstacle finally made Opus Dei back off. If anyone is pressured by them to join, — this is a strategy which will stop them bothering you.
This ‘documentary’ is a hostile one that concentrates on members who have left it, left the priesthood, left, left, left. In other words they simply did not fit the context of the organization and its practices. The priest is a separate consideration. When the Bishop extends the invitation to enter the priesthood it is God in action. To agree is a life commitment, not a trial and error exercise. Regarding asceticism; asceticism done with proper governance is a true method of increasing personal holiness for many people. For other people with personalities not aligned correctly it is not good. The spiritual director is tasked with discerning what is good and what is not for an individual. When an organization does it as a constant of their life … then it is a requirement of membership. When something truly good is being accomplished by Christian activity they can count on being targeted one way or another for hostilities of one sort or another. I did not fit in Opus Dei. No problem. The confessional experiences were direct, the spiritual direction very good. The priest I went to was one of the best I have ever run across and his ability to solicit grace from heaven was unique. God bless Opus Dei and its members. God bless all those who truly seek personal holiness development. Serving God is a radical choice. It needs God to develop and progress.
The body is only a vehicle of our spirit, so why subject it to harm? The body means nothing, but you need to take care of it, the spirit is the most important and what you feed it with, our thoughts, are what matter to reach the Grace of God. God doesn’t matter if you bath in warm or cold water, sleep on the floor or on a mattress, where you buy your clothes, the money you have… everything with this way of thinking is completely mad!! This sect only wants power and power and power… it feeds on the weak minded to live on!!
We need to get the Name correct, and teach obedience to the eternal Covenant, the Ten Commandments. If someone calling themselves JESUS shows up anywhere, beware. Jesus is not an inspired word, and it is less than 500 years old. The Deliverer that’s coming has one Name: YAHUSHA (H3091). It’s “Hebrew.” It is not YESHUA (H3444), a common word meaning “to deliver.” No one was stoned for calling on this this common word, YESHUA (H3444).
The Modernists have a permanent hatred, persecution, and lies about Opus Dei. Christ said, “No servant is greater than his Master. If they hate you remember they hated me first. If they persecute, you remember they persecuted me first. If they Lie about you, remember they lied about me first. your reward will be great in heaven” This makes it clear that Opus Dei is in fact the work of God.
I have and am still a member . I joined freely and I have never been forced to do anything! You are only encouraged to live your lives to the fullest giving glory to God.Even those who have left they do so freely and most of them continue attending various activities organized by the Work! Retreats, Recollections to name but afew . From where I sit, don’t believe everything you watch or listen from the net!
Quite disappointing to find this in DW. I thought they did serious investigative reporting. A few minutes into this article one can already find a number of gross historical inaccuracies that can be easily verified from public sources. If DW is serious they should take down this article. In the meantime, although DW was recommended to me, I would not recommend it to anyone else for now.
It is an admirable and beautiful thing for certain souls to be called to serve God in a very difficult and disciplined manner. Not everyone is called to this level of self-sacrifice nor is everyone capable of turning their life over to that extent to God‘s will. God bless this group in all that it continues to do for humanity.
Suffering seems to be the hallmark of the Catholic religion. I think this is linked to purification through hardship. Prosperity evangelism is about the good life, this is not preached in Catholicism. The life sounds like bootcamp for Christians. One can subdue one’s desires through the mind without using these bizarre methods.
Opus Dei and other cults take away a person’s free will. Even Almighty God Himself will not interfere with people’s free will. Such arrogance to presume to hold themselves more powerful than God! Demanding that people torture themselves to prove their devotion? That is not God’s will for any of us and is evil. Whatever is going on here on earth, it has something to do with someone or something getting energy and power from the suffering of human beings, and the younger the human, the more powerful the energy that comes from their fear and misery. What this really is is the demonic being disguised as holiness.
I’ve never done nothing wrong but someone has set me up and yes I have a few ideas. I’ve had people following me everywhere I go Spain and England. There is a history that’s not true also followed me.I had people outside my property and monitored in every way. People have put things in my food and drink. Yet I’ve spoke with every legal organisation and there is nothing on my name and history. ???????just seen this documentary and everything about is so close to what’s going on in my life ???
Love and mercy? That is not what I learned to expect from the proud sponsors of the Inquisition. I was raised in this faith, and my rage is considerable. History shows us clearly how devoid of basic human decency most popes have been. The church has NOT been a force for good, in balance. They have so much to answer for.
The connection between Francisco Franco and Opus Dei reflects very badly on the religious organization. When the Opus Dei people told that lady that “G-d will never forgive you” when she tried to leave…who are they to say what the Creator of the Universe will or won’t forgive? Arrogant control freaks. I cannot possibly look up to Mother Theresa, who exploited dying people and often prevented them from getting proper medical care. She enjoyed other people’s suffering and gained money and influence from it. Her misdeeds were hidden for a long time. I worked with wonderful, devoted religious sisters in a hospice organization – they showed their devotion to G-d by their physical, medical and spiritual care for dying people.
This life is not for everyone. They follow the original Christian path where everything you are/own belongs to God through the Church. It’s a life of total surrender, this isnt evil and no one forces you to do anything. If you don’t feel like being a soldier for God you can always quit. The work of God isn’t for everyone, its not a cult.
Sleeping on the floor two days in a week is confusing for the body therefor for mind too, it’s good for discipline though which is useful and unavoidable necessity in fruitful living(in human organized structure,hierarchy,even more), BUT if you working on yourself to achieve overall more, sleep on the floor every day (talking from experience),not on too cold or too hard surface (unhealthy ) and using your will with mind help your body to relax and find way to accommodate,changing position few times during night and overall learn to sleep deep will give you awaking with already fully flexible body(no need for time to easy go from stiff to awake state), but main goal will be hardened body and mind to body “control” which is important part in every day life,you will be able to stay relax when you want to be no matter the circumstances, mean unshakable inner peace and staid concentrate when you need to be, of course there are limits in every performance,but…my point is about gradually hardening your mind to body connection, this way unwanted frustration will be avoid and goal will be achieved(depend what real goal is?), and also everybody is a little bit different so accordingly personal details must be make by itself.
I pray to our Father God in Jesus name This message calls to at least one person’s heart to pick up your Bible and read. It And see that our lord Jesus is the truth the way, and only way to heaven I come from a Irish, Catholic background, thank the lord. I am now saved born again, Christian follow Jesus it is the only way the Catholic Church has too much traditions and it does not lead you even in mass to our Lord Jesus only I pray in Jesus name is this message it’s true believers in God and you read the gospel of Jesus Christ. Amen
I think it twisted to move through faith as if gods greatest satisfaction comes from our suffering. Wasn’t the whole point of Christ suffering on the cross so that we would not have to? It’s very strange to me to celebrate the Lord through misery. Where is the mercy in this practice? If everything is framed through shame and judgment of each other, have we not boiled everything down to self? Because how do you know the Lord’s will for another man’s journey? This isn’t loving the Lord, this is hating the self and controlling the people.
I follow GOD, not man. That is why you read the Bible. It says, no idols, no rituals no bowing. Father dies so WE DO NOT SUFFER LIARS. Blasphemy. By his stipes we are healed. He did not say whip your self. Just the opposite. Genesis 3:15 that is why evil hates woman. The woman incubated HEADCRUSHERS. Eve’s seed crushes the head if the serpents seed. HEADCRUSHERS, can only come from woman. Pure evil
Why do people still / always believe & follow it? It’s supposed to be use as teachings of life and its purpose to unite us all ?? Jesus ain’t coming back to be double cross.. we don’t need Messiah if we understood each other as Human cause we get to save ourself and others… (To me family always comes first). We all betrayed god or higher power in some senses or degree . One of the fact is that we cannot even obey and follow 10 simple rules its called the Ten Commandments. Religions is a FRAUD!! PS: I can explain more but way too complicated & I couldn’t b stuff typing it from my fone 🤣🤣
Mother Teresa. Whom did she serve again it’s kinda a foggy. Franco fascist and God’s work have a deal going on obedience too priests and not the Christ . There is something very very very wrong with some people . I cherish the fact we are very accountable for our actions . And the reconing for all. all the time and everything is written on these people s faces . Peace love and light too all.
It’s so sad to hear that lady speaks about, woman and Christianity in the same sentence. Jesus Christ, our lord and Savior was born from a woman. How could you say that? In religion for sure,you will have the extreme. But!!!…you as an individual, have to have your own personal relationship with God.
Thank GOD that our Pope is no friend with them, I am really disappointed at St. Paul II. I am a Catholic, but the priest nowadays many cannot be trusted. I would rather pray at home then going to the church. What I had learned and heard from the church when I was young is totally different now. The Catholic Church must really stop these evils in GODS Home.
Asceticism in bible Matthew 16:24 1 Corinthians 9:25–27 Only these people in opus dei can bring God’s kingdom on earth Not with the people who compromises everything For a country to sustain in this it all relies on the people who work for securing it’s borders Even they follow a kind of asceticism which prepares them for their job Why do we need God if we can live the way we won’t without any rules and regulations
33:40 This is a bit misleading. The part about the the priest is describing administering a catholic sacrament of last rights. Since there’s mention of a doctor, I’m assuming this section of the book concerns last rights for people who are dying, and going to be taken off life support at a hospital. I can’t tell for sure, because you removed the context. I was actually with you (DW) up until this point, but this moment in the documentary is very deceptive. Who are you, DW? Often, the ones who point most aggressively at others, have something to hide themselves. I will look more critically at your productions, especially for taking evidence out of context, going forward. Thank you for this slip-up, for waking me up a little bit.
Italy has the same thing is the form of the sect called Comunione e Liberazione. Same violent, ignorant, fascist way of behaving. Lots of politicians and people in Italian finance are adepts. For example, the former president of Italy’s constitutional court and now minister of justice marta cartabia.
I imagine that in a time of crisis, the pews will be filled. Unfortunately, there has been great scandal and abuse in the church because of predatory priests and ruthless nuns and laypeople that has been well reported. The “powerful” have always abused the less powerful, in and outside the Church. That said, a world without Christ would suffer greatly. Let me add that God isn’t about YOU. God is about God. God’s will, not man’s, is what matters. When you understand that, you will understand faith and the Church.
I am NOT CATHOLIC OF ROME but I am CATHOLIC IN RELIGION for I Believe in the Universal Catholic Faith; I am Lutheran. From this explanation; I think the Opus Dei is a religious organization within the Roman Catholic that needs to be established well from the Papal Office with a clear Christian Understanding since Christianity is being doubted by those preaching freedom of the World and not God’s Freedom through Grace!.
OP has got high ideals but has got aspects which are fanatic. OP misses modesty and tolerance and for this reason is constantly hiding and respectively in danger to fall into criminal activities like murder. Everybody knows it. As with all such sects OP where intolerance is dominant will suffer from its inabilities more and more and end. Cold showers and sleeping on a hard surface is not so bad but body paining is against the essence of Christianity. There was such practice 3000 years ago in India and it ended when one leader remarked: „ My and your bodies are given by our Mahashakti (Mother of God) and I will do all to keep it in HER spirit. Why should I hurt HER who is identical with any and all cells of our bodies ?
This documentary is so manipulative. 90,000 world wide members, and you only speak to people who left Opus Dei. Every time the head of Opus Dei spoke you immediately took a contrarian stance to his message, and not one time did you ever attempt to validate the things they said. If you want to understand something fully you would spend more time speaking to people who embrace their message not a bunch of people who didn’t like it. The ominous music in the background, it’s amazing how one sided this argument is. You just glossed over everything substantial and began questioning something you never even took the time to understand or explain thoroughly. I learned more about Escriva in a 12 minute article than I did in this entire documentary. It’s shameless. The manner in which all of this information is presented tells me that this is propaganda. There’s no possible way you could have made this documentary with any intention other than shaping a negative opinion of Opus Dei. It’s fear mongering at it’s finest. The music is really what gives it away.
This disclosure does not change the historical deficits of the Da’Vinci Code. Such a novel takes some factual elements and uses them to give it a historic setting. But the Dan Brown novel contains many historical errors and a fabulous story of Mary Magdalene being Jesus’ wife. Christians take issue with the novel fiction that Emperor Constantine decided what Books should be in the Bible and that Jesus was divine. The canon of the Bible had been determined previously through the previous two hundred years and the divinity of Christ accepted by the Church. The Council of Nicea debated how the Son of God, though Divine, was related to the God Father. Was Christ equal in Divinity and nature with The Father or was he subordinate. As opposed by the Arians, the Council ruled that Christ was truly God: of the same substance and true God from true God. It was St. Athanasius who championed the Catholic view that Christ was not only divine but was divine in every sense that God the Father could be understood.
If one really thinks about it, all religions are a form of manipulation. They treat their respective ‘flocks’ with disdain if they don’t have the wherewithall to contribute financially, to what is supposed to be a spritual organisation. The Catholic Church in particular, has one of the biggest, if not entirely the biggest portfolios of real estate in the World. Nothing particularly spiritual about that. The home of the Catholic Church, World wide, is of course the Vatican City, located in Rome. It has the status of a seperate entity from the rest of the Country. Has its own currency and its own Guards. Wonder what dirty secrets within those walls, they’re protecting. Don’t think we’ll ever know, but there has to be a reason why a supposedly religious organisation feels the need to be seperate from those it claims to represent, and have a Guard force too. A bit like the Federal Reserve in the US, only a select few individuals get to see inside it. Even the POTUS doesn’t have access to it. That is one of several reasons JFK was bumped off – he wanted to shut it down, rather than to continue to allow it to be a seperate entity from the rest of society. It too, doubtless has its secrets. Rumours abound that it controls every bank and it is ultimately responsible for allegedly keeping the American people in a perpetual state of debt. Just a rumour, mind you……
I was in OD for almost 13 years. I joined when I was 18 yrs old but I am not really happy. I really wanted to leave but I was afraid God would punish me. When finally I had the courage to leave I had to have a strong will to resist their efforts to make me stay. But I strongly disagree with some of the revelations of this documentary especially the insinuation of murder conspiracies and coercion of members. OD centers are immacately maintained and organized. The members are kind,cheerful,hard working and highly educated. Having said this I guess being a member is not really for me due to my desire rto have mu own family but I will always love OD and I will look fondly on the years I spent with them.
Opus Dei is wrong because it follows the spirit of Vatican two. Even when he mentioned a Saint. It was Vatican two saints. It’s interesting new mass goers only know about saints of Vatican two. Opus Dei mocks the true work and penance of good orders like the Benedictines. It’s an extreme cult that mocks tradition. Never do I hear a devotion to the rosary through Opus Dei. The members I cross paths with are triggered in some ridged form of morality. Not the traditional faith. Pray the Rosary
Organisations where other people have to judge you have a tendency to corrupt. If you believe in Christ you can be loving your next every day. You can help every one you like, you can sing and pray. You can do that with and without being a church member. You also can find much more open loving and merciful churches.
This documentary is full of bs. And I’m not even a member myself nor do I know anyone that is. I’m sure you could do the same documentary in regard to any order or movement of the Catholic Church by digging its history, controversial events and specially by listening former members that decided to leave the movement in bad terms. Not a single movement would survive for so long and throughout so many papacies if things were simply as depicted in this doc. It would just be easier to say you simply don’t trust the Catholic Church as a whole and you believe it’s a corrupt institution. You would save everyone‘s time.
These religious cults, I find it sad how easil;y manipulated people are. No one is forcing you to join, or to stay in them. You literally are giving all your power away to outside forces. Take your power back, and realize the answers are within you, not in organized religion, which have been shown to be corrupt and twist the teachings. Be your own saviour and do your own research and find what works for you!
I heard of Opus Dei here in the Philippines. Not so many are members at least from what I know. I’m not an avid follower of the Church but somehow the accusations against Opus Dei are over and above foolishness to even merit a conspiracy novel from Dan Brown…. A truth can only be valid if it is supported by hard evidence. Yes I think the group had special privileges the Vatican bestowed but other than that, it is even futile to think that their group and followers can topple a government or dictate a society as to how it should live or whatnot. The interview does not provide vast resource person networks. We can recall that Pope Francis removed the honor of the leader of OD to be a Bishop. It just not fair to paint the group in a bad light just because of few coincidences. Again, to accuse a group of a crime, like the death of a old member needs to be take seriously. A person or group is presumed innocence until proven otherwise in a competent court of justice. Simply portraying conspiracy is lame and has no place in a civilized society.
Opus Dei is not a sect, since it is part of the Catholic Church and not outside of it. It is more the conservative and fundamentalist right-wing of the Catholic Church, which also has many other wings. Pope Benedict was maybe more closer to the right wing, while Pope Francis is more closer to the left wing. It is like within a big political party, that is also heterogeneous. As long as it stays within certain boundaries heterogeneity is possible and accepted. When a subgroup crosses these boundaries and positions itself clearly outside the authority of the Church, than it becomes a sect.