josemaria escriva was indeed canonized on october 2 2002, which i believe means that he is now a catholic saint. for you enjoyment visit http://www.escriva-canonization.org/home.asp and http://www.opusdei.org/ wallyK, who has worked for TWO opus dei run universities
-----Mensaje original----- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En nombre de mike pritchard Enviado el: Viernes, 10 de Enero de 2003 07:30 a.m. Para: wally kairuz CC: list Asunto: re:hell, jesus - njc - rc ...and ESPECIALLY in Spain itself. The Pope recently beatified? canonised? the founder of Opus Dei (Escriba?) as a step on the way to making him a saint. Sorry for the lack of the precise words about what happened in Rome. Opus Dei really has a strong influence on the present government here in Spain and in public life in general, not to mention the universities. mike