I’ve gotten a number of queries about the fevered discussion about Opus Dei’s murderous history and sinister influence in the Church related by filmmaker Roland Joffé in the press conference I reported on a couple of weeks ago.
Exactly how did the conversation go? For your shock and amusement, here’s the full exchange as Joffé related it. The discussion begins with Joffé mentioning that he’s making a film about Opus Dei.
Friend: Oh my God, that’s a Fascist organization! I mean, they slaughtered hundreds of people!
Joffé: They have? Really? How do you know that?
F: Well, even if they haven’t, they’re extremely influential in the Church. I mean, they basically control the Church.
J: How would they control the Church?
F: They control the cardinals and the pope.
J: They hypnotize them? How do they do it?
F: They do it through the cardinals.
J: How many cardinals are in Opus Dei?
F: Hundreds.
J: Well, how many cardinals are there [in the world]?
F: I don’t know, but lots and lots of them are definitely in Opus Dei.
J: Well, I think there may be one or two, or maybe in three.
F: Well, that’s what I’m saying—that’s the way it works. It’s all kept secret.
J: Well, okay. Anything else?
F: Bishops. Lots and lots of bishops. How do you account for all these bishops in Opus Dei?
J: How many bishops are in Opus Dei?
F: Well, I don’t know—thousands of bishops …
Apparently it went downhill from there.
I don’t think any further commentary is needed, do you? As Pat Archbold put it recently, we hold certain untruths to be self-evident.
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hahahahahahah!! priceless, thank you! Did he say anything about the unusually high rate of albinism in Opus Dei? (Not to mention the renegade practice of donning non-descript religious habits even though Opus Dei not a religious order!)
This is hilarious.
I can’t believe he didn’t mention ninjas. How could anyone talk about Opus Dei and *not* mention ninjas? Clearly, more re-education is needed.
I heard about that recent interview with Joffe, yes. And it was hilarious.
Dev wrote: “(Not to mention the renegade practice of donning non-descript religious habits even though Opus Dei not a religious order!)”
Our “habits” are very cleverly designed and manufactured by a secret process to look just like ordinary human clothing. For instance, what I am wearing right now looks exactly like jeans and a sweatshirt. Clever, yes?
funny that they said the same thing about the Jesuits in 1611!!!!!!
Reminds me of a sign I once saw posted in a shop… “My minds made up! Don’t confuse me with the facts.”
Fr. Tim
Oh No! Everyone, switch your decoder rings to 27. (You know that means 43 right?) otherwise, THEY might find out….remember, the monkey winks and sings at midnight….
Well, of course Joffe would mock those points - which THEY don’t want to be taken seriously! You realize he’s under their control.
You have to excuse the liberals, it is a mental disease. But when they are willfully ignorant to boot, it is really bad.
Hahah I do not know what that friend of Joffé is smoking… but it must be some potent herb for sure!
The interview reveals that, in the final analysis, you can’t fix stupid.
Surely, this fellow writes for the New York Times.
“He slaughtered at least five of them.”
LOL.
Why would you even put a twisted piece like this in your newspaper?
J: How do you know all this?
F: A man in a bar told me!
Displaying the same sense of humor that he had when I knew him as “Father Jose” here in Houston, Archbishop Gomez told the clergy in L.A. that he had left his albino in San Antonio. Rocco says this line “killed” them.
F is partly right i have been in Opus Dei for over 50 years and have slain hundreds of…..dragons. BB
Poor F is only partly right i have been in Opus Dei for over 50 years and have slain hundreds of…..dragons many in the US senate on others on the golf course. BB
All I know is that once a young lady was about to have an abortion. She was determined and when she left our home, I grabed the prayer card and I said, “It is all we can do now.” We prayed and prayed using the Opus Dei card. that night the young lady called my sister to say that they would not do the abortion because the baby was too far grown.” (what a concept I mean no matter what trimester we are in we deserve a chance!) Anyway the baby was adopted by a bi-racial couple and the baby himself was biracial. They were Catholics and that is what I know about Opus Dei. It means Gods Work. that is what we all have to do, anyway.
Linus: Please don’t assume the speaker is ‘liberal’ or that only liberals hold these kinds of views-based-on-nada. Unfortunately this kind of opinionating afflicts persons from many creeds and walks of life.
lmao! very good combox.
“Hahah I do not know what that friend of Joffé is smoking… but it must be some potent herb for sure! “
It’s a rare plant I slipped into his coffee while wearing my non-descript habit cleverly designed to look like a barista’s uniform. At the words “klaatu barada nikto” he will slip into a trance-like state, allowing me to program him with his latest mission. Alas, I’ve said too much…
That exchange is no different from some of the criticisms made of the Jesuits. Catholicism was becoming Jesuitism; Jesuits controlled the Papacy; Jesuits were behind political assassination.
All that changes is the identity of the accused, whether Freemasons, Jews, Mormons, Catholics, liberals, feminists, the Papacy, Communism, etc. People have a need for a hate-figure to aim their insecurities at. Sad. Obama has not quite become the hate-figure - in view of the hearty hatred and prayers for his death that he has attracted, this is surprising.
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