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Their Kingdom Come: Inside the Secret World of Opus Dei Book

Their Kingdom Come: Inside the Secret World of Opus Dei by Robert Hutchison purports to expose the inner workings of an extremely conservative Catholic organization headquartered in Rome, whose members include the Pope's personal secretary, his spokesman, and several of his close ministers. These leaders are supported by 80,000 other believers around the world. Opus Dei is Latin for "God's Work," and Hutchison believes that Opus Dei's divine devotions include the operation of a media network as large as Rupert Murdoch's; immense financial support of the Church; and the preparation for a new Crusade against Islam. Their Kingdom Come paints Opus Dei as a Catholic conspiracy to infiltrate the world's upper echelons of political, financial, and educational power, and suggests that the group especially prizes its Mafia connections. Hutchison, a Swiss journalist who has written for the Sunday Telegraph and Toronto's Financial Post, weakens some of his arguments with cheap shots (chapter titles include "Moneybags Theology" and "Opus Octopus"), and he leans too heavily on anonymous sources for his most scandalous accusations. The few Opus Dei members whom he does identify, do, however, evince a steely, dogmatic self-confidence: "We have been chosen by God to save the Church," says one; "We have an orthodox vision that is pure, certain, solid, assured of everything," intones another. Opus Dei is the pope's only Personal Prelature, a privileged bishopric with no geographical boundaries. Learning more about the group is worth a reader's time, and Their Kingdom Come is a fine, though flawed, way to begin that endeavor. --Michael Joseph GrossRead More

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  • Product Description

    An explosive expose of one of the most powerful and secretive sects operating within the Roman Catholic Church-Opus Dei.

    This book reveals that Opus Dei:

    -Has become the Catholic Church's paramount financial power
    -Influences its members through a combination of secret rites and insistence on absolute obedience
    -Uses a strategy of discretion to cloud its real intentions
    -Aims to prepare Christendom for the next crusade against Islam

  • 0312193440
  • 9780312193447
  • Robert A. Hutchison
  • 1 April 1999
  • Pan Macmillan South Africa
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 486
  • American ed
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