Opus Dei is a personal prelature of the Catholic Church founded in Spain on 2 October 1928 by Josemaría Escrivá. The prelature states that it helps lay and clerical members pursue holiness through eve
Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist and Opus Dei member who fought for press freedom and democracy under Franco and was repeatedly persecuted by the regime. Fontan later became the first Senate President of Spain's democracy.
Fernando Ocariz, present prelate of Opus Dei
Arnold Hall Conference Center in Massachusetts
Central building of the University of Navarra
Mortification of the flesh is an act by which an individual or group seeks to mortify or deaden their sinful nature, as a part of the process of sanctification.
Opus Dei
…right-wing governments, including Francisco Franco's dictatorship, which governed Spain until 1975. A former member accused its founder of misogyny. The mortification of the flesh practiced by some of its members is also criticized. Opus Dei has also been criticized for allegedly seeking independence and more influence within the…
A penitent flagellates himself with a discipline during the San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites
Fresco in the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella showing Saint Dominic with a discipline in his hand, kneeling before a crucifixion scene
A confraternity of penitents in Italy mortifying the flesh with disciplines in a seven-hour procession; penitents wear capirote so that attention is not drawn toward themselves as they repent but rather to God.