Opus Dei

Letter of bishop Echevarría to the faithful of the Prelature and cooperators of Opus Dei.

Updated news release from the Vatican Information Service.

The Pope's situation is stable but his condition remains grave. The biological indications are unsettled, and the blood pressure erratic. He continues to be "lucid, fully conscious, and very serene," according to the Vatican spokesman, Joaquin Navarro-Valls.

Vatican press spokesman: "The general conditions and cardio-respiratory conditions of the Holy Father have further worsened."

At an 11:30 press conference [4:30 a.m. EST], the Holy See Press Office Director Joaquín Navarro-Valls held a briefing for journalists.

A declaration of Bishop Javier Echevarria, Prelate of Opus Dei, on learning of the death of John Paul II.

"I pray for his Holiness, for all that he bears in his soul. And I ask God to accompany him, to fill him with his light, and to flood him even more with serenity." Declaration of Bishop Javier Echevarria, Prelate of Opus Dei, April 1, 2005.

Bishop Javier Echevarría, the prelate of Opus Dei, commemorates the 25th anniversary of John Paul II's pontificate in this article published in ABC (Madrid) and other papers.

The Holy Father addressed the following words to those attending the UNIV conference in Rome.

Closely united to the Holy Father, some 4,000 college students attending the university congress UNIV 2005 heard a message from the Pope read to them by Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, Sub-secretary of State, in the Vatican's Paul VI audience hall.