Their Kingdom Come: Inside the Secret World of Opus Dei

by Robert Hutchison

Book Overview

An illuminating expos of Opus Dei, the secretive sect operating at the heart of the Roman Catholic Church

To the outside world, Opus Dei claims that its only goal is "to remind all people that they are called to holiness, especially through work and ordinary life." But with an elite membership of 90,000 and influences reaching around the globe, Opus Dei has far greater potential power than its leaders are willing to reveal.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312357605
• ISBN13: 9780312357603
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A scathing expose of the elite shadow government behind the Vatican

Now in an newly updated and expanded edition, Their Kingdom Come: Inside the Secret World of Opus Dei is a scathing expose of the elite shadow government behind the Vatican, Opus Dei. From their unholy alliance with the Mafia, secular powerbrokers, and high-ranking prelates, to the threat that money and politics poses to the Christian values underlying the Catholic Church itself, Their Kingdom Come chills the spine as it shows how absolute power corrupts absolutely. Written by journalist and National Business Writing Award winner Robert Hutchinson, Their Kingdom Come is highly recommended for lay readers and religious leadership alike, both as a warning of Opus Dei's shortcomings and a cautionary tale for other religious groups, institutions and movements.

Superbly Researched and Written

This is an excellent book - superbly researched and written. I would imagine that any previous negative reviews were submitted by Opus Dei sympathizers. That's fine, of course. Everyone has the right to their own opinion. It is therefore my opinion that anyone who is interested in the machinations of the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church should buy this book and digest it thoroughly.

An enlightening read

This is an amazing and enlightening read. One can only wonder at the nerve and the perserverence that must have gone into the indepth research, the powerful rendition of such a penetrating appaisal of the Opus Dei, which appears here as a very occult, hypocritical and powerful fundamentalist society. In his past exposés, Hutchinson has always provided entertaining and insightful reading. But, here he has outdone himself. It is a pleasure to know that there still exist such examples of honest and daring investigative literature. Congratulations should also be extended to the publishers for their courage in printing such a contraversial subject.

Absolute must read: Vatican Personalities & Politics

At the present, Opus Dei is a network of old boys who seek to disown Vatican II and disembowell those who disagree with their Gnostic agenda. This book was originally published by Doubleday in England, and the American Doubleday refused to touch it with a 10 foot pole. Doubleday US had made a bundle by selling a cheap edition of the outdated Catholic Catechism which undercut almost every other publisher of the Catechism. The publication of the original Catechism was the subject of an Antitrust inquiry concerning price-fixing, and forced bundling of hard and paperback editions. (Price fixing and tie-ins are per se criminal violations of the Sherman Act, Sec. 1)The list of present members of this Masonic P(5) structure, pp. 432-4, include such persons as Cormac Burke of the Tribunal. Burke was a financial front man for University Hostels. One should note that the cross-fertilization between Freemasonry and Opus Dei is just hinted at in this book. At one time over "121 senior prelates were Freemasons." This included "cardinals Villot, Poletti, and Baggio." Villot is the person who disposed of the papers found in John Paul I's hands when he died. This is just one small tidbit from this definitive work. A much longer review may be found in Natl. Catholic Reporter.The author has done a definitive study of Vesco, and this volume follows in that tradition.

A terrifying indictment of a hidden power in the Church

If 25% of what the author alleges is true, the Church is in serious trouble. From the expose of the ignoble character of its founder to the buying up of Vatican debt, the power and influence of Opus Dei is revealed as a cancerous arrogance that has invaded and even taken over the highest places in the church. Everyone who cares for the Church should study this book with earnest purpose.