Opus Dei

In his homily on Pentecost, Pope Francis said: "the Church is always the youthful bride with whom the Lord is madly in love. Let us never tire of welcoming the Spirit into our lives, of invoking him before everything we do."

Fr. Steven John Szakaczki is a priest in Saint Lawrence Martyr Church, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.

On Monday 9th April the Vatican published an Apostolic Exhortation by Pope Francis on "The Call to Holiness in Today's World". The 46-page document takes its Latin name, "Gaudete et Exsultate", from the opening words, "Rejoice and be glad!" -- a quotation from St Matthew's Gospel (5:12).

Nina Lagdameo, married, 55 years old, talks about integrating a demanding professional career with raising three children.

Pope Francis has written the preface for the second volume of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's collected writings, on the theme "faith and politics."

For May 2018, the Holy Father Pope Francis requests us to pray that the lay faithful may fulfil their specific mission, by responding with creativity to the challenges that face the world today.

On Saturday May 5, Cardinal Robert Sarah ordained 31 priests of the Prelature of Opus Dei in Saint Eugene's Basilica in Rome. "We ask the Lord to send us many holy priests," he said.

"Contemporary man goes to the priest seeking Christ," Cardinal Robert Sarah said in his homily at the May 5 ordination ceremony for 31 new priests of the Prelature.

Today Saturday 5th May 2018, 31 news priests of the Prelature of Opus Dei have been ordained in Rome by Cardinal Robert Sarah. Six of them are from Africa.

Professor Fabian Okafor shares his joy on the ordination of his son Pedro as a priest of Opus Dei.