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Tuesday April 12, 2005

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Opus Dei watching for selection of pope

MADRID, Spain - As cardinals prepare to elect a new pope, one Catholic community in particular has much at stake - Opus Dei, the ultraconservative movement at the center of the furor generated by "The Da Vinci Code."
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Tuesday April 5, 2005

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Pope Mourned By Secretive Catholic Sect

BUCKTOWN (CBS 2) The best-selling book, the da Vinci Code, has brought a somewhat secretive branch of the Catholic church into the spotlight. Now, Chicago members of Opus Dei are offering their own farewell to the pope. CBS 2's Joanie Lum reports.
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Friday March 25, 2005

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Decoding Opus Dei

A Vatican writer discusses the Roman Catholic Church's most controversial organization—and how it was misrepresented in 'The Da Vinci Code'
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Tuesday January 25, 2005

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Kelly insists link to Opus Dei will not hinder political career

The new education secretary, Ruth Kelly, yesterday admitted that she received "spiritual support" from the controversial Roman Catholic Opus Dei movement, while insisting that her faith would not stand in the way of her taking up further government jobs.
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Monday January 24, 2005

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Whips, spiked garters and bloodshed

My terrifying life in Ruth Kelly's religious sect
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Saturday January 22, 2005

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Secretive sect dubbed ‘Mafia shrouded in white’

It sits on a hill, a villa of honey-coloured stone in a leafy suburb on the south side of Glasgow, and gives no hint of what goes on behind its sturdy walls.
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Kelly facing pressure over Opus Dei links

Ruth Kelly yesterday faced calls to relinquish her membership of the controversial Catholic sect, Opus Dei, branded a cult by critics - or resign from the Cabinet.
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Thursday January 20, 2005

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Don’t judge Ruth Kelly’s spirituality by what The Da Vinci Code says

There's nothing sinister about Opus Dei, says former member Christopher Howse
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Kelly denies her religious belief will influence job

Ruth Kelly, the Education Secretary, has insisted her faith is a private matter that has nothing to do with her new job.
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Wednesday January 19, 2005

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A creepy scrape with the Da Vinci Code set

It started with a drunken run-in with an Opus Dei member. Before he knew it, Damian Thompson had learnt some unsavoury truths about the Catholic sect – and become one of its 'secret enemies'
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Monday January 17, 2005

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The Dei today

It wields huge influence in the Vatican yet is condemned as a sinister and ruthless Catholic sect. Now the fundamentalist group is taking control of a British parish for the first time - and one of its members is in the Cabinet. Peter Stanford gains rare access to the closed world of Opus Dei
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Tuesday January 11, 2005

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Controversial Catholic group is given care of parish church

Opus Dei, the conservative Roman Catholic organisation that counts Ruth Kelly, the Education Secretary, among its members, has been given its first parish in Britain since it was founded in 1928.
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Saturday October 30, 2004

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Decoding the critics’ views on Opus Dei

Can you guess the name of the following Catholic organization?
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Saturday March 20, 2004

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Does Opus Dei help or hinder Catholicism?

In Dan Brown’s best-selling fiction thriller, “The DaVinci Code,” two of the book’s characters are members of Opus Dei, a Catholic lay organization.
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Monday December 8, 2003

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Catholics scrutinize enigmatic Opus Dei

Depending on the eye of the beholder, the teaching kitchens of Lexington College, bedecked with pots and pans, mark either a place where young people learn an employable skill in a Christian setting, or a clandestine battlefield in an intense struggle for the soul of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Tuesday August 26, 2003

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Fact, Fiction And Opus Dei

The bestselling novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’ puts the Catholic sect in the spotlight’s harsh glare. Some who have left call the group manipulative and cult-like, but adherents cast it in a soft light
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