“Opus Dei helped me see my illness as real work”
It was the first time the journalist had interviewed a person stretched out on top of a bed. But he agreed the interviewee should be comfortable. "Diari de Tarragona" interviews Joaquín Romero, 35, a technical architect from Barcelona with irreversible multiple sclerosis.
A priest and a father
An article by Bishop Javier Echevarría, published in L'Osservatore Romana on the day Bishop Alvaro del Portillo died.
Dora del Hoyo, first numerary assistant, dies
Dora del Hoyo was born in 1914 in Boca de Huergaro, Spain. She moved to Rome in 1946 to help in the household administration of the first center of Opus Dei in the Italian capital. She is buried in the Crypt of Our Lady of Peace, the church of the Prelature of Opus Dei, located also in Rome.
Crotona, an educational program in the Bronx
The Crotona Center’s programs help about 200 boys a year expand their horizons and gain important virtues.
Large families: lots of work and lots of fun
"Having a large family is certainly hard work, but it is immeasurably rewarding and can be lots of fun." John Perrotet, 46, works in the tourism sector in Sydney, Australia, where he lives with his wife Anne and their family.
Son of Former Palace Mace Bearer Ordained Catholic Priest
Rev. Fr. Jude Idahosa Egharevba, ordained priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei celebrated his First Solemn Mass at his home town, Benin City on Sunday February 15, 2004.
Theological issues raised in the Da Vinci Code
Although this book was published as a work of fiction, claims have been made that it is “meticulously researched” and useful as a tool for theological reflection. We wish to alert readers to the fact that it many of its claims about Christian history and theology are contrary to the conclusions of mainstream Christian scholarship.
The Media and the Family: A Risk and a Richness
On the feast of St. Francis of Sales, patron of journalists, the Holy See published Pope John Paul II's message for the 38th World Communications Day. Excerpts follow.