Article: OPUS DEI: SECT OR SACRAMENT? ADVENT OF NEW BISHOP REKINDLES DEBATE ABOUT CATHOLIC LAY GROUP ON UNIQUE, HOLY MISSION.(Local)

Byline: Jean Torkelson News Religion Writer

What Catholic organization includes both Denver's new auxiliary bishop and an accused FBI double agent?

It must be the Opus Dei, dogged with controversy since its founding 73 years ago.

The Rev. Jose Gomez, who will be ordained Monday in Denver, is the first bishop in this country to rise from the ranks of Opus Dei, Latin for The Work of God. Its mission is to encourage lay people to seek holiness in their daily life.

It claims 85,000 members worldwide and thousands of associate members and supporters - as well as a huge number of detractors who consider it dangerous and above all, a ...

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