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"The prayer of the elderly can protect the world"

From the Pope07/20/2021

Message of Pope Francis for the first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, which will be celebrated on July 25th, the closest Sunday to ...

Very Human, Very Divine (V): To Be a True Friend

Virtues07/19/2021

All genuine friendship involves an effort both to enter the lives of others and to allow them space in our own life. In this fifth ...

What is the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross?

What it is07/13/2021

Priests from all over the world speak about the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross, an association of clergy intrinsically united to the Prelature of ...

"Isidoro was always ready to help anyone"

Favors07/20/2021

A recent favor attributed to the intercession of Venerable Isidoro Zorzano (13 September 1902 - 15 July 1943), and his 2020 and 2021 Newsletter in pdf ...

Letter from the Prelate (17 July 2021)

Pastoral Letters and Messages07/17/2021

On the occasion of the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene next week, the Prelate of Opus Dei invites us to welcome with renewed enthusiasm Christ ...

Saint Raphael Meditation: Our Identity in Christ

Audio Meditations07/12/2021

A meditation (guided prayer) on the "new name" we receive by living the life God wants for us and discovering our true identity.

Mary Magdalene: A Great Disciple of Christ

Articles07/19/2021

An article by Bishop Javier Echevarria written in 2016 when Pope Francis made the liturgical memorial of Mary Magdalene a feast, like that of the ...

In Kenya: Conversion Amid the Pandemic

Personal testimonies07/14/2021

Njoki, a Cooperator of Opus Dei living in Kenya, talks about helping a friend to become a Catholic amid the ongoing pandemic.

“Don’t forget the refugees”

Recent News07/11/2021

Ordained last May, Pablo recently defended his doctoral thesis on the Church’s teachings regarding refugees and migrants. Pope Francis encouraged him personally to continue ...

In India

After completing her graduation, Joslin worked as a Computer Instructor and Computer Programmer in India and abroad. Now she lives in Mumbai with her husband and two daughters. During these trying times of pandemic, among restrictions, confinement and lockdowns, fear and uncertainties, she found a nice and simple way of keeping in touch, accompanying and helping her friends from home: virtual “Kitty parties.”

My way

Chezhiyan, a software development manager from Bengaluru, had to undergo a kidney transplant. He tells about the support he received from his wife and some writings of Saint Josemaría Escrivá

From Distress to Smile

Elizabeth Varghese, married and with two children, is an educator by profession. She was born and brought up in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, before moving to Delhi where she now lives and teaches children with special educational needs.

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“Christ may once more be set among the poor”

The mass have been going off down "the road of a justified discontentment" and continue to do so. It hurts ... but, how many we have caused to be disaffected among those who are spiritually or materially in need! Christ may once more be set among the poor and the humble: it is precisely with them that he prefers to be! (Furrow, 228)

A friend of ours used to say: "The poor are my best spiritual book and the main motive of my prayers. It pains me to see them, and in each one of them, Christ. And because it hurts, I realize I love him and love them." (Furrow, 827)

Jesus Our Lord loved men so much that he became incarnate, took ...

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