The Opus Dei Communication Office has published a brief note regarding the article “The Opus Dei, on the verge of ceasing to exist”. According to the statement, it is “an opinion article, citing anonymous sources and signed with a pseudonym”. They add that the proposal for reform of the statutes was presented to the Holy See last June and that, for the moment, “there are no updates regarding it”.
Up to there, everything is correct. But the text says more by what it omits than by what it affirms.
A blog that deserves a statement
It is curious that they qualify InfoVaticana as a “blog” and yet dedicate an official statement to that publication. It does not seem fitting for someone who considers a news item irrelevant. In institutional communication, silence is usually the best way to refute. If one responds, it is because a sensitive nerve has been touched.
On the alleged anonymity
The statement reproaches that the article is signed with a pseudonym. However, this website has a legal notice, an identified editorial team, and visible responsible parties. The Opus text, on the other hand, lacks a signature. If it is about anonymity, it is not clear who is pointing the finger at whom.
A denial that does not deny
The statement does not deny the underlying facts at any point: neither the content of the reform nor its imminence. It simply repeats that “there are no updates”. In other words: it acknowledges that the process is underway and that those of us reporting on it have more data than the Communication Office itself. Which, given the usual secrecy, should not surprise anyone.
The most revealing detail
The note reveals something more interesting than its own content: the unease of an organization that feels the control of the narrative slipping away. And that, in an institution so accustomed to speaking only when it suits it, is news in itself. There is no denial, but there is concern. And that, in curial language, is always the sign that something is moving.
Official note from the Opus Dei (October 11, 2025):
We have received some inquiries at the communication office related to an article published in a religious information digital, titled “El Opus Dei, al borde de dejar de existir”. It is an opinion article, citing anonymous sources and signed with a pseudonym.
As the prelate announced, the proposal for reform of the statutes was presented to the Holy See last June (message from the prelate) and we are awaiting a response. There are no updates regarding it. We regret the unease that the publication of mere unverified rumors may generate.
Information on the topic can be consulted at this link to questions and answers that is updated periodically:
Questions and answers about the Opus Dei statutes