How Opus Dei Infiltrated DC and the World

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 700-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Opus by Gareth Gore https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opus/Gareth-Gore/9781668016145 I sit down with journalist Gareth Gore to dive deep into the shadowy world of Opus Dei, a secretive Catholic organization with a long history of manipulation and control. We talk about his eye-opening book, Opus, which traces the organization’s origins in Franco’s Spain and shows how it’s slowly, but surely, woven its way into the heart of U.S. politics—especially in Washington, D.C. Opus Dei is often associated with conservative Catholicism, but Gareth explains that their methods go beyond just religious conservatism. We're talking authoritarian strategies aimed at gaining power by targeting influential people to push their agenda of re-Christianizing society. It’s a heavy topic, but incredibly relevant when you consider their rise during the 1980s under Pope John Paul II and the fact that they're still impacting American politics today, with major players like Leonard Leo and Kevin Roberts on board. We also explore how Opus Dei isn’t just resisting democratic norms—they're actively trying to reshape society and the Church to fit their vision of control. This conversation is a real eye-opener, revealing the organization's lasting and dangerous influence on both religion and politics. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's book: https://bookshop.org/a/95982/9781506482163 Check out BetterHelp and use my code SWA for a great deal: www.betterhelp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Axis Mundi. Copest day. It's a Catholic order that many people have heard of. Maybe you remember it from Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. Maybe you
0:25.3	watch the film with Tom Hanks that depicted an Opus Day priest as the villain. Regardless
0:31.8	of your understanding of Opus Day, there's no way you understand the full story.
0:37.0	Today I speak with journalist Gareth Gore about his new book, Opus, a magisterial work on the history and present
0:46.0	of Opus Day.
0:48.0	One of the most alarming aspects of the story is the end. It's the way that Opus Day has infiltrated its way into not only the
0:56.8	United States but Washington DC has become a powerful force among our country's power brokers, politicians, spies, elected officials,
1:08.9	and others.
1:10.9	Opestay was born in Spain under the regime of Franco.
1:15.0	It had from the beginning and authoritarian power structure.
1:19.0	It is secretive.
1:20.0	It uses manipulative tactics to re-itionize society at any cost.
1:25.0	And as you'll hear today, it's made its way to Washington, D.C.
1:31.0	and is influential in the life of people like Kevin Roberts,
1:34.8	leader of the Heritage Foundation, publisher of Project 2025.
1:38.8	If your premium subscribers stick around we have an extra 20 to 25 minutes with Gareth talking about all of those connections.
1:49.6	This is an eye-opening work, and it's an eye-opening interview. I'm Brad O'Nishi and this is Straight White American Jesus. Gareth, first of all, thank you for joining me and thank you for writing this book.
2:16.3	It's one of those books as you're reading it, you're thinking, how can this have not been
2:19.2	written already because it's something of such interest and of such relevance.
2:23.6	And yet here we are with your very definitive history of Opus Day.
2:28.1	You are experienced by training, a kind of financial reporter.
2:33.4	How did you find your way into spending six years looking into a secretive Catholic institution
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