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Re:First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo... by zorked on Friday May 09, 2025 @03:38AM (#43934615)
Opus Dei is an extreme reactionary group within the church. Leo XIII was a liberal pope responsible for the social doctrine of the church (this text).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_Opus_Dei

Personal experience: when I was in high school in my country there was a teacher who was in Opus Dei. He tried to recruit students by leaving them a letter and inviting them to a "scholarship". I got such a letter, I was so excited. The school found out about that and investigated. We're a mixed-race country. The Opus Dei teacher has invited exclusively white students. He had invited top students #2 to #4 in my class by grade, but not #1, who was black.

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Re:First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo... by mensetmanusman on Friday May 09, 2025 @06:57AM (#43935468)
Meanwhile I mostly interacted with Opus Dei members near Harvard that were Nigerian, Spanish, and Mexican.
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Re:First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo... by zorked on Friday May 09, 2025 @07:09AM (#43935534)
Each country has their own racial hierarchy that may not, and usually does not, match yours.
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Re:First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo... by mensetmanusman on Friday May 09, 2025 @01:47PM (#43939374)
This was the US.
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Re:First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo... by adl on Monday May 12, 2025 @03:02PM (#43966434)
Where they wealthy? That's the only thing the Opus Dei cares about.
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Re:First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo... by 4ggr0 on Friday May 09, 2025 @07:50AM (#43935786)
> We're a mixed-race country

There are single-race countries?

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Re:First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo... by CGMthrowaway on Friday May 09, 2025 @10:51AM (#43937433)
Depending on how you count, Egypt, Morocco, Bangladesh, North Korea...
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Re:First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo... by 4ggr0 on Friday May 09, 2025 @12:27PM (#43938596)
i know what you mean, although they're not single-race (i hate using this expression, omg) in a binary way. or at least only if you exclude the minorities in these countries who still make it diverse, be it in a small way.
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