Skip to main content.
20 January 2005

Ruth Kelly, Opus Dei hoo-ha… what’s that all about?

Buy Dan Brown’s the Da Vinci CodeApparently best known for being the villains in Dan Brown’s incredibly successful the Da Vinci Code, Opus Dei continues to cause problems for education secretary, Ruth Kelly, thanks to its conservative Catholicism. The story originally broke in the Times, back in December and while the Guardian was quick to point out the differences between fact and fiction, ultra-conservative is a fair description. And still the controversy drags on.

But, casting ultra-conservative Catholicism aside for a moment, what makes me most curious is the minister’s insistence that; ‘It is not relevant to my job. It is a private spiritual life and I don’t think it is relevant to my job’. Makes me wonder what the point of entering politics might be, if not to promote your own ideals and help transform the world into what you believe would be a better place.

Posted at 7:52 am. You may read & scrawl graffiti, or trackback. The graffiti has its own RSS 2.0 feed.

4 graffiti on “Ruth Kelly, Opus Dei hoo-ha… what’s that all about?”

  1. Anonymous says:

    blah blah blah

    December 19th, 2005 at 5:34 pm
  2. Bob says:

    Opus Dei means the “work of God”. Its tenets are fundamentally about using public life and one’s employment to further the cause of Catholic beliefs. Her suggestion that her work and religion are separate is fundamentally at odds with Opus Dei philosophy, and yet she doesn’t deny membership. We are left to assume that she is a member, and that somehow it has never crossed her mind to actually do what Opus Dei says she should; namely use her work to advance God in society.

    Oh, and what a surprise, her Education and Inspections Bill this year will increase the number of religious schools, and the powers that they have.

    April 13th, 2006 at 5:51 pm
  3. The Labour Humanist says:

    With this bigots’ demonstration today, strange how Ruth Kelly hasn’t rushed to any media studios today to defend the govt’s anti-discrimination laws.

    January 9th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
  4. Gordon says:

    Like all Roman Catholics they believe they will go to heaven if they go to church on Sunday,do good works and give money to charity.The only way you will be saved is by accepting that Christ is your Lord and saviour.

    August 14th, 2008 at 8:11 pm

Scrawl graffiti

(If your comment doesn’t appear immediately it’s most likely been mistaken for spam, sorry! Click here to put things right. If you want me to remove a comment you or someone else has made click here and I’ll think about it.)

Reader offers & paid-for links

Many businesses offer payment to those who link to them and paid-for links are often used here in preference to free links. While such links are not as obvious as other forms of pay-per-click advertising, they still don’t influence views expressed. Entries labelled ‘Reader Offer’ are advertising promotions. Current offers include:
Jamster mobile ringtone chart hits & novelty. Free bet on (or against) a White Christmas make a wish. Vernons football pools the old skool lottery Gordon Ramsay + Royal Doulton = Urban Cool easyWatch… easy watch… anyone? Goes well with Armani! Hotel Chocolat’s Chocolate Tasting Club real chocolate delivered. ONSPEED faster internet access or junk? Buy an egg boiler for perfect boiled eggs … don’t be a Charlie! Bet on the Oscars online and for FREE. Blockbuster DVD Rental online.
Personal Blogs - Blog Top Sites Blogarama - The Blog Directory Wikablog - The Weblog Directory Listed on Blogwise Listed in LS Blogs blog search directory Top of the British Blogs BiggerBlogger.com