• Delivery of the Bull "Ut sit" (19 March 1983): This short video shows the handing over of the Bull "Ut sit," by which St. John Paul II erected Opus Dei as a Personal Prelature on 28 November 1982, in the Basilica of St. Eugene in Rome, on March 19, 1983, to Bishop Alvaro del Portillo.
• On the 25th anniversary of the erection of Opus Dei as a Personal Prelature (28 November 2007): Bishop Javier Echevarría, then Prelate of Opus Dei, remarks on the significance of the establishment of Opus Dei as a Personal Prelature of the Catholic Church. "The supernatural intuition of St Josemaría was grounded in the Church’s authentic tradition, because it was embodied in the Gospel."
• Address of St. John Paul II (17 March 2001): Almost 20 years after erecting Opus Dei as a Personal Prelature, St. John Paul II encouraged its faithful, laity and priests, to fearlessly pursue its perennial mission: "It is time to put aside all fear and pursue daring apostolic goals."
• "Ad Charisma Tuendum": On 14 July 2022, Pope Francis modified articles V and VI of the Bull "Ut sit" with the Motu Proprio "Ad charisma tuendum" (July 14, 2022). Here is the text of the Motu Proprio, a letter from the Prelate, and some questions and answers about it.
• The universal call to holiness: In his general audience on 19 November 2014, Pope Francis explained that sanctity is a gift from God and that all the baptized faithful can become saints.