Opus Dei

"Ever since I started working again, I knew my new job was a special favor from Isidoro. I consider writing this letter a duty of justice. And I had been putting it off for lack of time..."

A year ago, Isidoro Zorzano was declared venerable by Pope Francis. We present a video testimony about a favor attributed to his intercession. Bruno from Brazil talks about how he was born deaf in his left ear. One day, he learned about Isidoro through the Opus Dei website and he decided to pray to him. A month later, something totally unexpected happened...

On December 21, 2016, Pope Francis instructed that this decree on the heroic virtues of Isidoro Zorzano be published and transcribed in the acts of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

A brief video summary of the life of Isidoro Zorzano, declared Venerable by Pope Francis on December 21, 2016.

Antoni Idkowiak, a cooperator of Opus Dei who works for the Polish Railway Company, talks about his efforts to spread devotion to Isidoro Zorzano, recently declared Venerable by Pope Francis.

Msgr. Jose Luis Gutierrez Gomez, Postulator for Isidoro Zorzano's Cause of Canonization, answers some questions in view of the recent Decree of the Holy See confirming his heroic practice of the virtues.

The following is a chronology of the principal steps in the cause of canonization of Isidoro Zorzano.

Yesterday afternoon the Holy Father Pope Francis authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate decrees concerning 8 causes of canonization. Among these was a decree declaring the heroic virtues of Isidoro Zorzano (1902 – 1943), an engineer who joined Opus Dei in 1930.

Books and other documents related to Isidoro and his cause of canonization

"At one point we had no food on the table and the electricity was cut off, and we’ve had to use candles."