Opus Dei

“Let us pray that each of us listen with our hearts to the cry of the Earth and of the victims of environmental disasters and the climate crisis, making a personal commitment to care for the world we inhabit.”

Ruth Pakaluk was an extraordinarily warm and talented woman. She entered Harvard University as a pro-choice atheist. After her conversion to Catholicism, she dedicated herself to raising her family and to pro-life activism. At age 33, Ruth was diagnosed with cancer. Shortly before dying peacefully at age 41, she wrote to a friend: "I have loved the life God gave me. There is no other life I would rather have lived.”

The stronger an emotion is, the more permanent it “feels.” That’s why people can feel desperate to escape. Learning to accept and master our emotions is a long process. How does it start?

Javi Ballester talks about learning to accept his father's mental illness and support him as a family, and how the experience helped him discover God's call.

"Why is this happening to me? It's not fair; I haven't done anything wrong." We get upset when we don’t understand the reason for illness, and it’s tough to feel that no one is there to share in our suffering.

Interview with the Prelate of Opus Dei in the Italian newspaper "Avvenire", on the occasion of his recent meeting with the families of FAES schools in Milan.

Links to Pope Francis' homilies and addresses on his apostolic journey to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Singapore 2 to 13 September 2024.

A recollection is a “mini-retreat,” a few hours of quiet prayer when we look at our lives in God's presence. This guide can help us spend an hour or two in loving conversation with God, right where we are.

From 13-16 August, Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz visited Colombia and met with many people. This video summarizes some of those gatherings.

A new podcast and book have been released titled, “Encounters: Finding God in all walks of life.”