Gareth Gore

Jan 5, 2025 | infolibre.es | Gareth Gore

A finales de septiembre, el Opus Dei envió un memorándum confidencial a sus “directores locales”, los de más confianza entre sus denominados miembros numerarios —los hombres y las mujeres que han dedicado la vida al Opus Dei— y quienes tienen a su cargo la supervisión de las delegaciones locales. Memorándums así están lejos de ser poco comunes: las “notas internas” son el medio preferido de la jefatura en Roma para comunicarse con sus directores sobre el terreno.

Dec 2, 2024 | au.org | Gareth Gore |Bruce J. Dierenfield

Editor’s note: Two new books examine aspects of church-state relations that may be of interest to Church & State readers. Here the authors discuss their new works. By Gareth GoreNestled among the lobbying firms and think tanks on K Street in downtown Washington, D.C., the Catholic Information Center (CIC) looks inconspicuous and unassuming.

Nov 22, 2024 | ncronline.org | Matt Murray |Gareth Gore

Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church Gareth Gore 448 pages; Simon & Schuster $30.99 Almost since Opus Dei was founded in 1928 in pre-Franco Spain, the conservative Catholic group has been described as a "shadowy," "secretive," "cult-like" "sect." Every few years that image, which clings to the organization like stinkweed, is reinforced in the press; as long ago as 1957, Time magazine referred to members as the "White Masons." Not...

Oct 24, 2024 | ifre.com | Gareth Gore

Albino assassins and corporal mortification aren’t topics that come up all that often when you’re a capital markets reporter. Well, not in my experience at least – although perhaps I just wasn’t speaking to the right bankers. During my first 10 years as a reporter for IFR, I can confidently state that neither subject ever came up. I wrote about football, Saudi princes, debt-ridden UK councils and derivatives. But, for some reason, I never seemed to get stories about radical religious sects.

Oct 18, 2024 | eldiario.es | Gareth Gore |Raul Sanchez |Esther Palomera |José Precedo

Sin duda, el Opus Dei se enfrenta a su peor crisis en casi cien años de historia. Cuatro de sus sacerdotes más veteranos van a ser juzgados por trata de mujeres en Argentina. El Vaticano también está llevando a cabo su propia investigación sobre dos denuncias independientes: una acusación referida a niñas en situación de esclavitud y otra por el abuso psicológico, físico y espiritual sistemático al que son sometidos sus miembros.