Opus Dei

On the Saturday before Passion Sunday, 28 March 1925, Bishop Miguel de los Santos Diaz Gómara conferred priestly ordination on Josemaria Escriva in the Church of the Royal Seminary of San Carlos, Saragossa

“Early on February 24 we heard the news that Putin had invaded Ukraine. I spoke with Vova, my foster son, and heard these words on the other end that made me tremble: ‘Mother, I don’t want to die.’” Thus María José begins her story, from Seville.

Vatican text for the Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary that Pope Francis will read on Friday the 25th of March, Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord.

The Prelate of Opus Dei informs us that on March 25th he will publish a letter on fidelity and invites us to join in the consecration that the Holy Father will make of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary that same day.

Here are some questions about God's call and vocational discernment, with explanations from the Catechism of the Catholic Church and enriched with quotes from Saint Josemaría Escrivá.

March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day. For this date, the newsletter of the archdiocese of Atlanta approached the offices of Rosary Makers of America, a training program started by Nicholas Kemdi Ihenacho, a doctor who met Opus Dei in Nigeria.

After an exhausting flight from their burnt-out hometown, two Ukrainian mothers and their children have found shelter in Hohewand conference center in Austria.

In this message, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz writes about the new Apostolic Constitution "Praedicate Evangelium," which reorganizes the Roman Curia.

Father Matteo Olivieri spent several years studying law in Italy to become a magistrate, while earning money in the meantime as a professional rugby player. Here he recounts how our Lord showed him his path in life as a priest.

In his 16 March general audience, Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the elderly, speaking about the "holy patriarch Noah." At the end, the Holy Father read a prayer beseeching God for peace in Ukraine.