MTP schedule for Sunday. Interesting, but not sure I'll watch!!!

I've been a Catholic for 61 years, and never heard of this group Opus Dei. I'm a bit curious, but not sure I really want to know! If this is another James Dobson kind of guy, I'd rather not know.



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NBC Meet The Press
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MEET THE PRESS WITH TIM RUSSERT
WEEKEND LISTINGS 4/24/05

REV. THOMAS BOHLIN
U.S. Vicar, Opus Dei

JOSEPH BOTTUM
Editor, First Things
Contributing Editor, The Weekly Standard

THOMAS CAHILL
Author and Historian

E.J. DIONNE
Washington Post Columnist

REV. JOSEPH FESSIO, S.J.
Provost, Ave Maria University
Founder, Ignatius Press

JON MEACHAM
Managing Editor, Newsweek

SISTER MARY AQUIN O'NEILL, RSM, PH.D
Director, Mount Saint Agnes Theological Center for Women

On Tuesday, Roman Catholic cardinals elected Joseph Ratzinger the 265th pope -- making Pope Benedict XVI the first German pope since the 11th century. What is the future of the Catholic Church under the new pontiff? How will his election alter the debates within the church in America and abroad? This Sunday's "Meet the Press with Tim Russert" explores the ramifications of the historical papal election with an exclusive group of distinguished religious scholars: Rev. Thomas Bohlin, U.S. Vicar of Opus Dei; Joseph Bottum, Editor of "First Things" and Contributing Editor of The Weekly Standard; author and historian Thomas Cahill; columnist E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post; Rev. Joseph Fessio, S.J., Provost of Ave Maria University, Founder of the Ignatius Press and former doctoral student under the new Pope; Jon Meacham, Managing Editor of Newsweek; and Sister Mary Aquin O'Neill, RSM, of Mount Saint Agnes Theological Center for Women.

Tim Russert is the moderator of "Meet the Press." Betsy Fischer is the executive producer. Michelle Jaconi and Christine Egy are producers.

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I don't know the Catholic spokespeople on the panel, but it sure seems stacked....

Uh huh.

http://www.mond.at/opus.dei/opus.dei.uo.faq.html#bad

Don't bother with their home site it is BS.

I will see if I can find my favorite link about them. It is very thorough and scary. :scared:


on edit: Here it is....http://www.population-security.org/cffc-97-01.htm

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CONSERVATIVE CATHOLIC INFLUENCE IN EUROPE AN INVESTIGATIVE SERIES Opus Dei: The Pope's Right Arm in Europe by Gordon Urquhart from: Catholics for a Free Choice

"Opus Dei is one of the most powerful -- and reactionary -- organisations in the Roman Catholic church today. The organisation troubles liberal Catholics, but its devotion to promoting, as public policy, the Vatican's inflexibly traditionalist approach to women, sexuality and reproductive health is cause for concern far beyond the boundaries of Catholicism. Opus Dei pursues the Vatican's agenda through the presence of its members in secular governments and institutions and through a vast array of academic, medical, and grassroots pursuits. Its constant effort to increase its presence in civil institutions of power is supported by growth in the organisation as a whole: . . . . their work in the public sphere breaches the church-state division that is fundamental to modern democracy. It is essential, then, to monitor the organisation's undertakings in secular arenas -- a task made difficult by the fact that individuals' membership is often undisclosed to the public."