[thread] Opus Dei
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_Dei
Members: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_Opus_Dei
Politics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_Dei_and_politics

* institution of Catholic Church
* founded, Spain, 1928, Josemaría Escrivá
* co-option: Banco Popular Español | SCOTUS | U.S. Republican Party

#OpusDei #Christofascism #ChristianRight #Catholicism #conservatism
#antiLGBT #homophobia #transphobia #transgenocide
#slavery #misogyny #abuse
#DarkMoney #BancoPopular
#LeonardLeo #TedCruz
#PoliticalCorruption #duplicity #HumanRightsAbuse

/1 Comment: finally adding this.

* Opus Dei: secretive, enormously powerful, corrupt group
* profound influence advancing global conservatism
* Christofascist counterpart to Charles Koch's Kochtopus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_network

Gareth Gore, "Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, & Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church"
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opus/Gareth-Gore/9781668016145
* authoritative expose of this malignant group
* onnects many dots, incl. dark money, Leonard Leo, Ted Cruz, U.S. Supreme Court ...

/1 Review: Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, & Right-Wing Conspiracy Inside the Catholic Church
https://slate.com/life/2024/10/what-is-opus-dei-catholic-church-meaning.html

* emerged f. fascist Spain/Franco regime
* financial crimes, sexual abuse, grooming/coercion of recruits, drugging of members, human trafficking, slavery
* advances Christofascist agenda focused on wealth
* many Washington DC political/judicial elite tied to Opus Dei

#OpusDei #Christofascism #Catholicism
#antiLGBT #transgenocide
#slavery #misogyny
#DarkMoney

Concord Fund
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord_Fund

* conserv. advocacy/dark money org. assoc. w. Leonard Leo/related 85 Fund
* president is Carrie Severino (wife of Trump1 transphobe/Heritage Foundation Roger Severino)
* fmr law clerk, U.S. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas

* Concord leading funder: Wellspring Committee
* Dir. fundraiser/lawyer Ann Corkery: https://www.desmog.com/ann-corkery
* Opus Dei member

#OpusDei #AnnCorkery #ConcordFund #LeonardLeo #85Fund #CarrieSeverino #RogerSeverino #WellspringCommittee

Leonard Leo & Opus Dei
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/opus-dei-leonard-leo-supreme-court-moneybags-kid-1235115538

Opus: Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, Right-Wing Conspiracy inside Catholic Church
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opus/Gareth-Gore/9781668016145

* ties U.S. Supreme Court puppetmaster Leonard Leo, radical Catholic powerhouse Opus Dei
* SCOTUS conservative supermajority
* Opus Dei dedicated to complete global “re-Christianization”
* Leo steeped in deep Catholicism

#Christofascism #OpusDei #CatholicInformationCenter #AnnCorkery
#billionaires #GOP #DarkMoney #LeonardLeo #SCOTUS

[Opus Dei] We Need to Have a Talk About Leonard Leo’s Version of Catholicism
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/supreme-court-leonard-leo-catholicism.html

* new book (above) invest. a secretive Catholic sect
* huge infl. on U.S. courts/law
* focused on capturing federal judiciary, shifting it far right
* key player Federalist Society co-chairman Leonard Leo
* vast dark-money n/w
* impact of his assault on personal freedoms

#Christofascism #OpusDei #CatholicInformationCenter
#billionaires #GOP #DarkMoney #LeonardLeo #SCOTUS
#misogyny #Catholicism