Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
Article News Summaries

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: January 16, 2002 to January 31, 2002

Opus Dei / Italy

Opus Dei Gains Prestige

Indicating the growing power and prestige within the Catholic Church of the Opus Dei organization was the turnout at a congress in Rome in January to mark the 100^th anniversary of the birth of the group's founder, Josemaria Escriva. Pope John Paul II was among 1200 participants, and the Italian government unveiled a postage stamp in Escriva's honor.

Critics accuse Opus Dei of being a fundamentalist sect with a conservative political agenda intent on promoting a rigid form of Catholicism. But the most pointed attacks have come from several former members who allege that Opus Dei is a cult that brainwashes its members and conducts its affairs in secret. In 1981, allegations of this kind led the then head of the Catholic church in England, Cardinal Basil Hume, to forbid the group from recruiting members under the age of 18, and in 1986, to the Italian parliament demanding a government inquiry into the group's operations. (The inquiry exonerated Opus Dei of any illegal conduct.) In recent years, on the other hand, some people involved in Opus Dei have said that the experience has enriched their spiritual lives. (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, 1/22/02, Internet)

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News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
Article News Summaries

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: January 16, 2002 to January 31, 2002

Opus Dei / Italy

Opus Dei Gains Prestige

Indicating the growing power and prestige within the Catholic Church of the Opus Dei organization was the turnout at a congress in Rome in January to mark the 100^th anniversary of the birth of the group's founder, Josemaria Escriva. Pope John Paul II was among 1200 participants, and the Italian government unveiled a postage stamp in Escriva's honor.

Critics accuse Opus Dei of being a fundamentalist sect with a conservative political agenda intent on promoting a rigid form of Catholicism. But the most pointed attacks have come from several former members who allege that Opus Dei is a cult that brainwashes its members and conducts its affairs in secret. In 1981, allegations of this kind led the then head of the Catholic church in England, Cardinal Basil Hume, to forbid the group from recruiting members under the age of 18, and in 1986, to the Italian parliament demanding a government inquiry into the group's operations. (The inquiry exonerated Opus Dei of any illegal conduct.) In recent years, on the other hand, some people involved in Opus Dei have said that the experience has enriched their spiritual lives. (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, 1/22/02, Internet)

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News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
Article News Summaries

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: January 16, 2002 to January 31, 2002

Opus Dei / Italy

Opus Dei Gains Prestige

Indicating the growing power and prestige within the Catholic Church of the Opus Dei organization was the turnout at a congress in Rome in January to mark the 100^th anniversary of the birth of the group's founder, Josemaria Escriva. Pope John Paul II was among 1200 participants, and the Italian government unveiled a postage stamp in Escriva's honor.

Critics accuse Opus Dei of being a fundamentalist sect with a conservative political agenda intent on promoting a rigid form of Catholicism. But the most pointed attacks have come from several former members who allege that Opus Dei is a cult that brainwashes its members and conducts its affairs in secret. In 1981, allegations of this kind led the then head of the Catholic church in England, Cardinal Basil Hume, to forbid the group from recruiting members under the age of 18, and in 1986, to the Italian parliament demanding a government inquiry into the group's operations. (The inquiry exonerated Opus Dei of any illegal conduct.) In recent years, on the other hand, some people involved in Opus Dei have said that the experience has enriched their spiritual lives. (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, 1/22/02, Internet)

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News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
Article News Summaries

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: January 16, 2002 to January 31, 2002

Opus Dei / Italy

Opus Dei Gains Prestige

Indicating the growing power and prestige within the Catholic Church of the Opus Dei organization was the turnout at a congress in Rome in January to mark the 100^th anniversary of the birth of the group's founder, Josemaria Escriva. Pope John Paul II was among 1200 participants, and the Italian government unveiled a postage stamp in Escriva's honor.

Critics accuse Opus Dei of being a fundamentalist sect with a conservative political agenda intent on promoting a rigid form of Catholicism. But the most pointed attacks have come from several former members who allege that Opus Dei is a cult that brainwashes its members and conducts its affairs in secret. In 1981, allegations of this kind led the then head of the Catholic church in England, Cardinal Basil Hume, to forbid the group from recruiting members under the age of 18, and in 1986, to the Italian parliament demanding a government inquiry into the group's operations. (The inquiry exonerated Opus Dei of any illegal conduct.) In recent years, on the other hand, some people involved in Opus Dei have said that the experience has enriched their spiritual lives. (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, 1/22/02, Internet)

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News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
Article News Summaries

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: January 16, 2002 to January 31, 2002

Opus Dei / Italy

Opus Dei Gains Prestige

Indicating the growing power and prestige within the Catholic Church of the Opus Dei organization was the turnout at a congress in Rome in January to mark the 100^th anniversary of the birth of the group's founder, Josemaria Escriva. Pope John Paul II was among 1200 participants, and the Italian government unveiled a postage stamp in Escriva's honor.

Critics accuse Opus Dei of being a fundamentalist sect with a conservative political agenda intent on promoting a rigid form of Catholicism. But the most pointed attacks have come from several former members who allege that Opus Dei is a cult that brainwashes its members and conducts its affairs in secret. In 1981, allegations of this kind led the then head of the Catholic church in England, Cardinal Basil Hume, to forbid the group from recruiting members under the age of 18, and in 1986, to the Italian parliament demanding a government inquiry into the group's operations. (The inquiry exonerated Opus Dei of any illegal conduct.) In recent years, on the other hand, some people involved in Opus Dei have said that the experience has enriched their spiritual lives. (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, 1/22/02, Internet)

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News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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