The Healing of My Right Eye
A priest suddenly found himself unable to see out of one eye. Amidst his medical team's uncertainty, he began to entrust himself to Blessed Álvaro. Very soon after, a WhatsApp prayer chain had many people praying for his healing with great faith.
40 years ago! A bit of history…
On his way to Mexico, Blessed Alvaro, called "Father" for 20 years, stopped in Canada and visited St. Joseph, his father and friend, at St. Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal.
Without Memory or Speech
“Illness is not a punishment; it is a caress from God,” Blessed Alvaro del Portillo stressed in 1987, “to draw us to him.” This couple entrusted themselves to Don Alvaro's intercession at a difficult time.
Interior life
Bishop del Portillo explains to a young deaf woman that sickness is an opportunity to have a deeper interior life.
Apostolate is to love other people
"Doing apostolate is a question of love" assures Bishop del Portillo in a get-together with Kenian families.
Africa's call
Why do many people visit Africa and then want to stay there? Alvaro del Portillo answers in this short video.
Letter from Bishop Alvaro del Portillo on the erection of Opus Dei as a prelature
Letter from Alvaro del Portillo to the faithful of Opus Dei on 28 November 1982.