Opus Dei

Sophie, a Cooperator of Opus Dei in France, talks about confronting her husband's devastating accident a few months after their marriage, with the light and strength she found in Saint Josemaria's writings.

Raphaël is 23. He was baptised this Easter, and in a few days' time he'll see the Pope for the first time, in his native France.

Why a Pyrenean adventure club of bankers and executives ends every year at the shrine of Torreciudad, and welcomes participants of every faith.

Nearly forty years ago, Natale Sandoli left Venezuela for Tenerife. A photographer, husband, and father of three, he’s the first to admit he wasn't much of a churchgoer back then. That changed when a friend handed him a copy of “The Forge.”

A Dominican doctor recounts the unexpected obstacles that kept her from a Catholic wedding after her move to Spain, and how a chance encounter with Opus Dei helped her through years of longing to fully live her faith.

Opus Dei started in Kenya in 1958 by the direct impulse of Saint Josemaria Escriva. In this video clip we see how its message has taken root there.

Director Jumpei Matsumoto and Bishop Toshihiro Sakai discuss forgiveness, friendship with God, and how an actor's craft can be a path to becoming "another Christ."

A City of London lawyer organised a mountain trip to help a stressed friend in 2001. Twenty-five years on, it's an international fellowship spanning 14 countries.

At the Niéré Centre (Abidjan, Ivory Coast), monthly "Formation Sundays" give parents and children a shared space to talk, play and learn from one another.

At 54, Fernando cares for his father, who is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, while working for the Post Office, after years working as a chauffeur for high society. Between kilometres of cycling, the pages of his books and his daily rounds, Fernando has come to realise that the most urgent and valuable delivery a person can make will never fit into any envelope: it’s time spent caring for others.

Executives and professionals from Moldova, Poland, London and Madrid share how a Pyrenees expedition became a lasting brotherhood of faith and friendship.

Today Pope Leo XIV turns 71. In just a few days he will travel to France (Paris, Lourdes, and Metz, from 25-28 September) and many people are already preparing to welcome him. A group of friends got a head start in their own way, through his texts.

A Nicaraguan engineer recalls his university years in Guatemala, the friendships and formation that shaped him, and how they led to the discovery of God’s call.

Mary lives a busy schedule in a crowded city, but she finds joy and meaning in her daily routine. As a numerary of Opus Dei, Mary strives to live out a vocational call to holiness in the middle of the working world. In this interview, Mary describes how her faith, the teachings of St. Josemaria, and the spirit of Opus Dei assist her in her work as a human-centered designer.

Hugo is a supernumerary living in Denmark where there are no centres of Opus Dei. Originally from Brazil, we ask him here about his adopted country.