Opus Dei

When John Paul II was speaking about the “gospel of work”, he was making us discover that work activities contain a supernatural horizon full of hope. Carried out with Christian meaning, that task is converted into a source of humanization for families, for business undertakings, for the whole of society

Fr. Javier del Castillo was ordained in Rome on May 21, 2005.

Gabriela De Mello, a committed schoolteacher, made life-long impressions on people wherever duty called. ELAINE AZINGE, one of her charges at Queen's College, Yaba, Lagos pays tribute to the inspirational American who passed on in December 2004 aged 57.

At 7 p.m. today, Solemnity of Corpus Christi, Benedict XVI celebrated Mass on the square in front of the basilica of St. John Lateran, then led a Eucharistic procession to the basilica of St. Mary Major.

“Ubi Petrus, ibi Ecclesia” (Where Peter is, there is the Church.)

"Be instruments of unity.... Bring many souls closer to God." The homily of Bishop Javier Echevarría at the ordination of 42 new priests in Rome on May 21, 2005.

Bishop Javier Echevarría ordained 42 new priests for the Prelature of Opus Dei in the Basilica of St. Eugene in Rome on May 21. The new priests come from Nigeria, the United States, the Philippines, and various European and Latin American countries.

Anthony was born in Lagos, Nigeria 33 years ago. While studying at St. Gregory School, classmates “awakened my interest in the Catholic faith.” One thing led to another, and he was ordained to the priesthood by the Prelate of Opus Dei on May 21 in Rome at the Basilica of St. Eugene. Here is his story.

Bishop Javier Echevarría will ordain 42 new priests from 13 countries in the Basilica of St. Eugene on May 21.

The new Pope smiled and his prayer could be seen in his eyes. His name had been Ratzinger, a cardinal who symbolically died in this Conclave and was changed into the first Pope of the Third Millennium.