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As for Msgr. Escrivá, he insists that Opus Dei "never becomes involved in any temporal affair." It is thus not surprising that he attributes the obvious success and power of the organization and its members to divine direction. Opus Dei was founded, he says, "without any human means. It was born small, but it grew little by little, like a living organism, as everything develops in history." The organism he rules is nonetheless an extraordinary one. A measure of its power is that no bishop, archbishop or cardinal—let alone a mere politician—has any power over it. Msgr. Escrivá himself is responsible directly to the Pope, and to God.