Opus Dei

Guadalupe Ortiz de Landazuri was one of the first Spanish women to earn a doctorate in chemistry. She played a major role in starting Opus Dei in Mexico and was known for her smile and good humor. She was declared Blessed by Pope Francis in 2019.

Stories of hope following the magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Cebu, Philippines on 30 September.

We are pleased to introduce a new digital tool designed to make prayer more accessible in everyday life. The Pocket Prayer Book is a curated collection of prayers and doctrinal texts, available on any device in multiple languages, even offline.

In his 22 October general audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his catechetical cycle on Jesus Christ, our hope, speaking about the Resurrection as the response to human sadness.

Moris was born in Haifa. Because of his work, he divides his time between Dubai and Israel. He traveled to the Jubilee of Youth hoping to pause the frantic rhythm of his life and seek peace amid the uncertainty of his country.

Mirian, from Brazil, is 34 years old and is a gynaecologist and obstetrician. She is married and has a three-month-old son. She was an associate of Opus Dei for a time, until, after a period of reflection in which she always felt supported and understood, she saw that her path lay elsewhere.

At the age of 40, Francisco (Chile) paused to reflect on his life, pondering whether his life experience and everything he had received was meant to be kept for himself or shared with others. The question led him to discover a path of service and the conviction that every step he had taken had prepared him for the next one.

The Prelate is suggesting that the faithful and friends of Opus Dei pray for this intention in a special way, from 2 October 2025 to 2 October 2026.

Two bishops from Bulgaria share their testimony about the impact a secret translation of “The Way” had on their lives and on those of their parishioners in the later 20th century, when faith was persecuted in the country.

On 2 October 1928, St. Josemaría Escrivá saw what God was asking of him: to remind women and men that holiness is possible in the middle of ordinary life. That message continues to “light up the pathways of the earth” nearly a century later.

This letter to all Christians is the continuation of a project begun by Pope Leo’s predecessor, Pope Francis, on the theme of service to the poor, in whose faces we see “the suffering of the innocent, and therefore the suffering of Christ himself.”

We share a class given by Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz in Rome in November 2024, in which he reflects on the virtue of hope on the occasion of the Jubilee Year.