Opus Dei

I have never seen any angels. I have never heard any divine words being whispered in my ear. I have never been caught up into heaven to see the throne of God. I have never seen Jesus appear to me. I have never experienced any apparitions of any kind.

It is now possible to receive the latest news and information about the beatification of Alvaro del Portillo through WhatsApp.

Bishop Alvaro recalls John Paul II’s hospital stay after the assassination attempt in 1981, and says that illness is a caress from God.

Bishop del Portillo explains to a young deaf woman that sickness is an opportunity to have a deeper interior life.

In Kampala on 23rd June, Bishop Ssekamanya of Lugazi, who presided over a Mass in honour of St Josemaria, said that he remembers seeing St. Josemaria in Rome when he was still alive.

"Doing apostolate is a question of love" assures Bishop del Portillo in a get-together with Kenian families.

In July 1974, Saint Josemaría was in Peru, where he had several informal meetings and get-togethers with people who worked the land there.

Why do many people visit Africa and then want to stay there? Alvaro del Portillo answers in this short video.

"Prayer is the lever that moves the Most Merciful Heart of our Saviour," Bishop Alvaro del Portillo assures us, in a Letter written in 1990.

The Prelate suggests that, besides intensifying our prayer, we can also prepare very well for the beatification of Alvaro del Portillo by carrying out works of mercy.