Untold: Opus Dei, Ep. 1

《未述:主业修会,第一集》

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2026-03-28

36 分钟
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Untold host Antonia Cundy uncovers the cultural and political influence of a controversial Catholic organisation in America. Opus Dei exists to help people get closer to God, but some members say they found other agendas – and unexpected harm – entangled in that spiritual mission. We meet Sarah – a young girl drawn to Opus Dei’s message that professional work can be a path to holiness. At 18, Sarah says goodbye to her family and moves into an Opus Dei centre to learn how to make her work an offering to God. But what she experiences there feels different to the organisation she thought she knew. Sarah chafes at unexpected rules, unquestioning obedience and dehumanising treatment. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Two years ago, FT journalist Antonia Cundey began investigating the controversial Catholic organization Opus Dei.

  • The story she uncovered was not what she expected.

  • Because what started as an investigation into the impact Opus Dei had on individuals turned into an account

  • about how it 's changing the United States.

  • You can hear the first episode right now, just stay tuned, and find the link to the Opus Dei feed in our show notes.

  • Enjoy.

  • Two years ago, I started investigating a group within the Catholic Church.

  • A small but controversial one.

  • I want to be really clear that I think that most of the people in this group are wonderful people.

  • And it's really hard because I know that they had sincere intentions, even though what they did was really wrong.

  • But I think that when you're in Opus Dei, you completely lose perspective on what's appropriate, on what's ethical.

  • And you start to understand that obedience to Opus Dei is the most important thing.

  • Opus Dei is an organization that has nearly 100,000 members in countries all over the world.

  • The words Opus Dei are Latin, and they mean work of God.

  • All over the world, there are priests, lay people who are married and some who are not,