Entertaining Opus Dei Trivia
• Catholic
The best thing about reality is that it is too silly for you to be able to make it up. Take Opus Die:
SUZANNE SMITH: The idea that the sexes must be segregated is enforced in most Opus Dei offices and facilities. Here at the organisation's $40 million headquarters in Manhattan, there are separate entrances for men and women.
Nothing like a little Godly masochism:
SUZANNE SMITH: Every Easter in Spain Catholics watch this ritual parade of flagellation, or body mortification to emulate Christ's suffering and purge sinful thoughts. While most Opus Dei members in Australia do not take part in such painful practices, they are encouraged to wear what's known as a 'cilice' - a spiked chain worn high around the thigh to avoid detection.