They were always involved with Franco, Pinochet, the contras and so on. Pope Francis quietly tries to deal with this extremism but there are many of them, and they are very vicious, as I’m sure you can imagine.
Their secrecy is extremely effective—so one doesn’t get to know much about them. But they are basically, a cult. They are like Catholic Scientology. They take the money of some members, make the others into unpaid labor.
Someone finally wrote a book about some of their shenanigans. More needs to come out, though.
They were always involved with Franco, Pinochet, the contras and so on. Pope Francis quietly tries to deal with this extremism but there are many of them, and they are very vicious, as I’m sure you can imagine.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251851/to-guard-the-charism-in-new-decree-pope-francis-makes-changes-to-opus-dei
Their secrecy is extremely effective—so one doesn’t get to know much about them. But they are basically, a cult. They are like Catholic Scientology. They take the money of some members, make the others into unpaid labor.
Someone finally wrote a book about some of their shenanigans. More needs to come out, though.
https://www.amazon.com/Opus-Trafficking-Right-Wing-Conspiracy-Catholic/dp/1668016141