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Regarding the Premiere of the Docuseries “Heroic Minute. I Also Left Opus Dei”

The entertainment platform HBO Max has released a docuseries featuring interviews with women who recount negative experiences during their time in Opus Dei, many of which have already been made public. In response to the feelings they express, the experiences they share, and the suffering they describe, we reiterate our sorrow and respect, which we also extend to any others who may feel identified with these accounts.

Additional Resources for Clarification

The book “Opus” gives a false picture of Opus Dei based on distorted facts, conspiracy theories and outright lies.

Clarifications and fact-checking of "Opus" by Gareth Gore

We offer the general public a non-exhaustive document with information and clarifications on Gareth Gore's book. With this document we hope to correct the record and to provide an essential perspective that the author has withheld from readers of the book.

Response to Gareth Gore’s book "Opus" published by Simon & Schuster in October 2024

The book “Opus” gives a false picture of Opus Dei based on distorted facts, conspiracy theories and outright lies.

Some clarifications on a second article published in the “Financial Times”

Clarifications on a second article published in the “Financial Times” regarding the formation for young people and some changes over time.

Some clarifications on an article published in the "Financial Times Magazine"

Press Release from the Opus Dei Information Office in response to an article published in the Financial Times Magazine. It expresses "the desire to learn from mistakes made," as well as the need to "make some additional clarifications."

“We respect their voices and we're listening. That's our number one priority right now”

Since 2017, Kathryn Plazek (Pittsburgh, 1988) has been one of eight women on the Central Advisory, the consultative body that works with the Prelate, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, in the governance of Opus Dei. We spoke to her about some of the allegations made in the media by three women who had been part of the prelature.

Interview with the Prelate: "God expects lay people to engage in a constant dialogue of love"

An interview with Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz by the "Ecclesia" News Agency during the Prelate's recent trip to Portugal.

In the news

"Serving means growing and helping others grow"

Isabel Sánchez is Secretary of the Central Advisory, a council made up of women who advise the Prelate of Opus Dei. In this interview she speaks about her recent book "Northbound Women: Compasses for a Complicated World"

In the news

Information Handbook 2020

The Information Handbook is a publication of the Information Office of Opus Dei and is published to help journalists and other media professionals. It contains a summary of the nature, history and organisation of the Opus Dei Prelature, an institution of the Roman Catholic Church.

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