Opus Dei

In 1991, Fr. Luis de Moya, an Opus Dei priest, suffered an automobile accident. His life was miraculously saved, but his spine was fractured and he lost all mobility and sensation below the neck. He had to learn to live with an almost unusable body, dependent on others for almost everything.

VIDEO: During his first Mass of the year, on the feast of Mary, Mother of God, Pope Benedict XVI unveiled his wish list for 2008: that the family be strengthened, and that peace spread to all places.

In 1956, St. Josemaria gave a homily entitled "The Epiphany of our Lord." We offer a selection here.

Louise Lalu, a cooperator from Congo, recounts how she overcame great adversity to become a doctor. She also helps promotes Harambee programs in Africa.

Benedict XVI said that the crib and the tree are symbols that help us to remember Christmas’ true meaning: that God has become man in order to help us.

Pope Benedict XVI’s second encyclical is on Christian hope. The title comes from St. Paul’s letter to the Romans: "in hope we were saved."

The Pope raised his eyes and looked intently at him. "The best way to help the Church in Finland," he said, "is to do Opus Dei." Fr. Barto Menchen recalls this encounter.

November 28th marks the 25th anniversary of the Apostolic Constitution "Ut Sit," by which the Servant of God, Pope John Paul II, gave Opus Dei the canonical form of a Personal Prelature.

To give thanks to God for Opus Dei’s 25 years as a Personal Prelature, Bishop Echevarría invites the Prelature’s faithful to strive to go even more fervently to the intercession of God’s Mother during this year.

The new deacons come from 15 countries and were ordained today by the Prelate in the Basílica of San Eugenio in Rome. We present some excerpts from Bishop Javier Echevarría's homily along with the names of the newly ordained deacons.