天主事工会(Opus Dei)
罗马天主教在俗人员和司铎组织，其行动和信仰在外界有褒有贬。会士发愿一方面追求个人成为完美信徒，另一方面在自选职业中贯彻天主教理想并提倡教会生活与社会生活合而为一。天主事工会，全名为圣十字架司铎会和事工会，由埃斯克里瓦.德巴拉格尔－阿尔瓦斯（1992年列入真福）在1928年於西班牙成立。该会在神学上态度保守，在教规上完全忠於天主教会的训诲权威。教宗若望.保禄二世於1982年8月23日发布教令，授予天主事工会特别的地位，是教会中首例且唯一的自治司铎会。天主事工会创办了许多职业学校和大学。事工会极度保守，被指责过於神秘，使用宗教崇拜雇用工作者，拥有强烈政治上的野心。该会分为男会及女会，从1982年开始由会众选出的高级教士所领导。在20世纪末，司铎人数只占其中的一小部分，在八十个国家近84,000人的会众中只有约1,600位司铎。
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Opus Dei
Roman Catholic lay and clerical organization whose actions and beliefs have been both criticized and praised. Its members seek personal Christian perfection, strive to implement Christian ideals in their chosen occupations, and promote Christian values to society as a whole. Opus Dei, in full Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, was founded in 1928 in Spain by Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albá (beatified in 1992). It is theologically conservative and accepts the teaching authority of the church without question. It was granted special status as the first and only personal prelature in the church by Pope John Paul II in 1982 and has established numerous vocational schools and universities. It is also highly controversial, accused of secrecy, using cult-like recruiting practices, and having grand political ambitions. There are separate organizations for men and women, which, since 1982, have been headed by a prelate elected by its members. At the end of the 20th century priests constituted only a tiny percentage of the organization, numbering roughly 1,600 of the nearly 84,000 members living in 80 countries.
