Opus Dei

The prayer card of Saint Josemaria is available in pdf format in 44 languages, including, most recently, versions in Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Arabic, Bulgarian and Armenian.

“Invoking the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Josemaría,” Pope Leo XIV sent his apostolic blessing to the participants in the fourth edition of the Navarro-Valls Award. The event took place on Tuesday 23 June in the Sala della Protomoteca at the Capitoline Museums.

José Luis González Gullón outlines the historical background to St Josemaría’s arrival in Italy in June 1946. The founder of Opus Dei had two very specific objectives on his agenda. The first was to obtain the “Decretum laudis” (decree of praise) from the Holy See, which would facilitate the spread of Opus Dei throughout the world. The second was to find a place in which to establish the Work’s headquarters.

Hugo is a supernumerary living in Denmark where there are no centres of Opus Dei. Originally from Brazil, we ask him here about his adopted country.

John K., who accompanied Matt Anthony, Matt Schoenecker, and Val Creus on their final hiking trip, offers reflections on the lives of the three men on the anniversary of their untimely deaths.

From singing songs “of human love in a divine way” to praising God in the liturgy, here are some ways our everyday relationship with music can take shape.

My name is Juana Lidia Quispe Maita. I am from the community of Copachilaia. From my community, you can see Lake Titicaca, which is 4000 metres above sea level, and I am an assistant numerary of Opus Dei. I am here for a while looking after my mother, who is alone. I accompany her, take care of her, and help her with whatever she needs. And from time to time I go to the city.

The Prelate of Opus Dei invites us to go deeper into the virtue of poverty, as a path to interior freedom, love for God, and apostolic fruitfulness.

How can a blind man teach us to see? Jesus chooses a man whom society has cast aside to teach us to rediscover beauty in simple things and, through it, to reach the Heart of Christ.

“Magnifica Humanitas,” on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence, was published on 25 May 2026. This article contains a downloadable ebook, PDF, and audiobook.