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Opus Dei (Work of God) is an institution of the Catholic Church that was founded in Spain in 1928 by Catholic priest Josemaría Escrivá. Its stated mission is to help its lay and clerical members to seek Christian perfection in their everyday occupations and within their societies.
Mar 20, 2024 · In recent years, Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, and other novelists have shined a light on some of the bigger secret fraternal organizations, like the Order of Skull and Bones,...
Secret societies were founded to promote certain ideal aims, to be obtained not by violent but by moral measures. By this, they are distingushed from conspiracies and secret plots which are formed to attain a particular object through violent means. Secret societies may be religious, scientific, political or social (Kirchenlex., V, p. 519).
Dec 11, 2019 · Masonic temples and secret rituals have brought them into conflict with the Catholic Church. The Church first condemned the Freemasons in 1738 and has gone on to issue around 20 decrees against...
Jan 30, 2023 · Opus Dei is a small but powerful organisation within the Catholic Church officially known as the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei. Its members believe they are called to serve God not just ...
Jul 26, 2023 · Two key Vatican investigators have begun an audit in Peru’s capital of a secretive Roman Catholic society with chapters across South America and in the U.S. following allegations that its...
May 10, 2024 · Opus Dei, Roman Catholic lay and clerical organization whose members seek personal Christian perfection and strive to implement Christian ideals and values in their occupations and in society as a whole.
Nov 28, 2005 · A Glimpse Inside a Catholic 'Force': Opus Dei. Opus Dei describes the group's reach in eight different countries: Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, Peru, Spain, Kenya, Uganda, and ...
Many U.S. Catholics gave their allegiance to secret societies that had originated in Ireland because of English oppression; others became involved in those of Continental and English origin, i.e., Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and United Workmen.
The Company of the Blessed Sacrament (French: Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement), also sometimes referred to as the Company of the Most Blessed Sacrament, was a French Catholic secret society which included among its members many Catholic notables of the 17th century.
