Opus Dei: From Vatican Secrets to Washington Influence

About this episode:

For over half a century, Banco Popular was one of the most profitable banks in the world—until one day, in 2017, when the Spanish bank suddenly collapsed overnight.

When investigative journalist Gareth Gore was dispatched to report on the story, he uncovered decades of deception that hid one of the most brazen cases of corporate pillaging in history, perpetrated by a group of men sworn to celibacy and self-flagellation who had secretly controlled the bank and abused their positions there to help spread Opus Dei to every corner of the world.

Gareth Gore is a financial journalist and editor. He is the host of The Syndicate, which tells the behind-the-scenes stories of the biggest financial deals in history. His new book is Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church