Special Episode: Is Pope Leo Really Dissolving Opus Dei?

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

Politics, News

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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This episode delves into the recent controversies surrounding Opus Dei, a secretive and influential organization within the Catholic Church. According to a report from Infovaticana, Opus Dei faces a significant internal rupture that could see it fragmented into three distinct bodies, effectively dissolving its current structure. Annika Brockschmidt guest hosts in conversation with journalist Gareth Gore, author of 'Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church.' Gareth elaborates on the historical context and modern operations of Opus Dei, including its recruitment and coercive practices. He also highlights the organization's conflicts with the Vatican and ongoing abuse allegations. Opus by Gareth Gore: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opus/Gareth-Gore/9781668016152 Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 850-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad’s book: https://bookshop.org/a/95982/9781506482163 Subscribe to Teología Sin Vergüenza Subscribe to American Exceptionalism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	AXIS Moondy
0:07.0	AXUS Moondy What's up, y'all, we're at a place.
0:31.7	What's up, y'all?
0:34.6	We're at here with a special episode about Opus Day.
0:40.5	Last week, a new report dropped from Info-Vaticana that claimed that Opus Day. Last week, a new report dropped from Info Vatican that claimed that Opus Day is on the brink of a major internal rupture, this according to the Catholic Herald and other
0:47.2	sites. There is a sense that big changes are coming to Opus Day. Now, if you don't know about
0:53.3	Opus Day, you'll hear about it
0:55.2	in a minute, but it is a kind of secretive society, a very peculiar institution within the Catholic
1:01.9	hierarchy that allows its members, both priests and laypeople, to have a wide range of freedom
1:08.6	for recruiting, fundraising, and action in the public square.
1:14.9	Most importantly, for those interested in American politics, Opus Day has an overwhelming
1:19.2	presence in Washington, D.C., and over the last decades, has recruited high-level, influential,
1:26.3	powerful people to its ministry and to its causes.
1:31.3	Kevin Roberts, the head of the Heritage Foundation and the shepherd of Project
1:36.5	2025, often seeks counsel and ministry from the Opus Day Center in Washington, D.C.
1:43.5	There are, of course, ties to Leonard Leo and all of the ways that Leo raises money
1:49.0	for various political enterprises, including his work on the Supreme Court and all over the country.
1:57.2	Today, we have Gareth Gore back on the program.
2:00.0	Gareth is a financial reporter who is the author of the magisterial book called Opus,
2:06.8	the cult of dark money, human trafficking, and right-win conspiracy inside the Catholic
2:10.7	Church.
2:11.7	I interviewed him a couple of months ago when the book came out, but we had him back on because
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