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Decree of Canonization of Saint Josemaría Escrivá

On October 6, 2002, Pope John Paul II canonized Josemaría Escrivá, calling him "the saint of the ordinary" and describing his teachings as "timely and urgent today."

Documentation

Other documents

Other documents are available at the Saint Josemaría website.

Documentation

Prayer for Montse's intercession

Prayer for private devotion.

Montse Grases

Toni’s Life

Toni Zweifel was born on February 15, 1938 in Verona, Italy. His mother Antonia was Italian and his father, Giusto Zweifel, was a Swiss textile manufacturer. He was baptized on February 26.

Life and Stories

Apostolic Exhortation on the Lay Faithful, "Christifideles laici"

John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation on the Lay Faithful (Chapter I, nos. 16 and 17) – This excerpt on the vocation and the mission of the laity in the Church and in the world helps illuminate the vocation of Opus Dei members, 98% of whom are laypersons.

Opus Dei

The process of canonization for Josemaría Escrivá

Facts about the procedures followed in the canonization of the founder of Opus Dei.

In the news

An interview with the postulator of Saint Josemaría Escrivá's cause of canonization.

Msgr. Flavio Capucci, professor of Philosophy and Theology, was the Postulator of the cause of canonization of Saint Josemaría Escrivá. The following are excerpts from a colloquium about the canonization he held with various journalists.

Does Opus Dei have its own political, economic or social teaching?

Opus Dei

Josemaría Escrivá's message

A selection of quotations summarizing the teachings of the founder of Opus Dei.

In the news

What are the relations between Opus Dei and other Church institutions?