Posted on 04/20/2011 7:51:16 AM PDT by surroundedbyblue
I know what you mean; some corners of Opus Dei can be rather precious and secretive. But I do know Opus Dei priests who are quite good at reaching celebrity types and kicking their butts, demons and all, to orient them toward eternal life, with excellent results for all concerned. They are not naive about egocentric people's vulnerability to the demonic.
The Gag went to Sacred Heart in Manhattan; it's a rich-girls' Catholic h.s. You can bet that these days there's no paddling going on thereat least not for official disciplinary purposes. (Ahem.) Just about nowhere else in U.S. Catholic schools, either. Discipline is way tougher in Catholic than public schools, but the punishment is not corporal.
Miss Gaga's psychic issues are so blatant and deep, they are obviously home-grown.
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