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Some young Opus Dei members fought on the Republican side because they were in the Republican zone when the war broke out. The best known of these was Rafael Calvo Serer, from Valencia, who was miliciano de la cultura (literally “cultural militiaman”, a sort of interpreter) in the Garibaldi Brigade, formed of Italians from the International Brigades.


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• How many people were there in Opus Dei at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War? Were any of them killed?
• Are any of the people who trekked across the Pyrenees with St. Josemaria, such as Pedro Casciaro, still alive? Did they become Opus Dei priests?
• Did St Josemaria really hear confessions during the Spanish Civil War, risking arrest? Even in a zoo?
• Was Manolo, one of the main characters in There Be Dragons, a real person? Did St Josemaria have a friend like Manolo?

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• What happened Josemaria meets Manolo after the death of Mr. Torres?
• Did Josemaria have the vision of Opus Dei just like it comes in the movie?
• Was the fight in the seminary a historical fact?
• I went to see There Be Dragons with some friends the other day. We couldn’t work out who Aline (the red-haired girl) was meant to be– an angel? The Virgin Mary? Or who?
• Did St Josemaria really hear confessions during the Spanish Civil War, risking arrest? Even in a zoo?
• It is depicted that Josemaria sat at the death bed and prayed for a friend of the family who was Jewish! Did that really happen in his life?
• Were there any Opus Dei members on the Republican side?
• How many people were there in Opus Dei at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War? Were any of them killed?
• Are any of the people who trekked across the Pyrenees with St. Josemaria, such as Pedro Casciaro, still alive? Did they become Opus Dei priests?
• Was Manolo, one of the main characters in There Be Dragons, a real person? Did St Josemaria have a friend like Manolo?

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