Gareth Gore

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The new pope and Opus Dei

New photographs raise questions about the new pope's relationship with a group accused of human trafficking and abuse towards its members

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Gareth Gore
May 09, 2025
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On the evening of June 26, 2019, Opus Dei members from across northern Peru converged on the provincial capital of Chiclayo to celebrate a special mass in commemoration of Josemaría Escrivá, the controversial Spanish priest and founder of the movement. Hundreds of worshippers streamed into the city’s cathedral to celebrate the life of a man venerated as…

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