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"God saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good"

Light of Faith 04/16/2018

The first of a two-part article on creation, in the series "The Light of Faith." "The notion of creation, in the sense expressed by the Church in the...

Natasha and Viktoria: from Kazakhstan to Rome

Personal testimonies 04/16/2018

Natasha, 17, and Viktoria, 18, made their First Holy Communion this year in Rome, but both of them discovered the Catholic faith in their native...

Archbishop Presents Two New Catechisms

Prelate's Pastoral Visit to Sweden

From the Prelate 04/16/2018

"Prayer is the most powerful weapon we have for building up the Church,” Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz said during his four-day pastoral visit to...

"The Church will be shaped by us young people"

Apostolic Exhortation "Gaudete et exsultate"

From the Pope 04/09/2018

Pope Francis has written at length about the universal call to holiness in the Church: "to that perfect holiness by which the Father himself is...

"Four Days in Ireland" — 21 minute video

From the Prelate 09/13/2017

Highlights from Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz's first pastoral trip as Prelate of Opus Dei, 18-21 April 2017. With English subtitles.

Funds for a Research Project

Favors 04/10/2018

Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri was declared Venerable by Pope Francis on 4 May 2017. A recent favor obtained through her intercession.

Short Stories of Hope for Nigerian Women

Social initiatives 04/04/2018

A report published in the March 17 edition of "Vida Nueva" on the work of Ebele Okoye, Harambee 2018 Prize Winner for the Advancement and Equality of...

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“Our union with the Pope, which is union with Peter”

You must love, venerate, pray and mortify yourself for the Pope, and do so with greater affection each day. For he is the foundation stone of the Church and, throughout the centuries, right to the end of time, he carries out among men that task of sanctifying and governing which Jesus entrusted to Peter. (The Forge, 134)

The supreme power of the Roman Pontiff and his infallibility, when he speaks ex cathedra, are not human inventions. They are based on the explicit foundational will of Christ. How foolish it is, then, to confront the government of the Pope with that of the bishops, or to reduce the validity of the pontifical Magisterium to the consent of the faithful! Nothing is more foreign to it than a balance of powers; human moulds of thought do not help us, no matter how attractive or functional they may...

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