About this episode

The episode explores Opus Dei's approach to spiritual formation and its controversial views compared to official Church teachings.

Opus Dei’s founder taught his followers that spiritual formation is a continual development of character. But some find that the views spread by Opus Dei do not always match the Church’s official teaching – particularly its attitudes towards women and homosexuality. Insiders describe a complex youth recruitment network that offers some clues to the kind of person Opus Dei molds – and what kind of person it is interested in. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• spiritual formation
• character development
• youth recruitment
• Opus Dei
• Church teachings
• attitudes towards women
• attitudes towards homosexuality

Keywords

• homosexuality
• Opus Dei
• spiritual formation
• character development
• youth recruitment
• Church teachings
• women

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Opus Dei, Church

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