New Statesman - <![CDATA[Olivia Darby]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/olivia_darby en http://images.newstatesman.com/users/avatars/olivia-darby.jpg Olivia Darby http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/olivia_darby <![CDATA[I am not superhuman]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-faith-column/2008/03/opus-dei-members-try-love-god http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-faith-column/2008/03/opus-dei-members-try-love-god Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:53:43 GMT Olivia Darby Opus Dei member Olivia Darby stresses that members of Opus Dei are just like everybody else. She gives examples to try to dispel stereotypes that Opus Dei members are sinister superhumans.

If you have learned about Opus Dei from the media and Da Vinci Code, it is easy to believe that it is a shadowy sect, governed by some sinister Dr No type figure, high on power and attempting world domination.

I am a member of Opus Dei. I take the bus with you. I walk past you in the street. I might be behind you in the supermarket queue, and [...]

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