The organization is accused of systematically seeking out adolescents and girls from impoverished communities, of coercing them into joining Opus Dei as "numerary assistants" — effectively ...

At the end, the member chooses whether to make a lifetime commitment. One can apply to join and start living the numerary life as young as 16 ½.

Ann Marie Allen was 15 when she joined training course at an Opus Dei-run catering school. By 16 she had become an 'assistant numerary' within the organisation. During her years with Opus Dei, she ...

On May 18 in Madrid, Guadalupe Ortiz de Landazuri, a laywoman, will become the first numerary of Opus Dei to be beatified. A chemist, university teacher, and close associate of St. Josemaría ...

There were approximately 4,000 Numerary Assistants worldwide as of 2005, according to Opus Dei: An objective look behind the myths and reality of the most controversial force in the Catholic ...

After much prayer, I decided I wanted to be a Numerary member. I asked to join, but they made me wait. I eventually joined in 2004 when I was 20 years old. I now work full-time in a London Hospital as ...

From left to right, Lucia Gimenez, Alicia Torancio, and Beatriz Delgado, former Opus Dei numerary assistants, pose for a photo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. The women have ...

Financial education at primary school level is now offered by the FNB Edulution Centre at St Barnabas Primary, inaugurated earlier this week. The centre is supported by the FirstRand Namibia ...

Opus Dei had as of 2005 some 4,000 numerary assistants, all women, whose full-time, paid jobs are to care for the Opus centres, doing laundry, cleaning and cooking for the numeraries and priests ...

Parents of a 25-year-old woman who claim their daughter has been confined illegally by a secretive Catholic Church movement, Opus Dei, have sought the court's intervention to have their child back ...

The admission committee for professional courses (ACPC) has decided to reserve two per cent super-numerary seats in each faculty for meritorious sportspersons from the state. Ahmedabad: The ...