Opus Dei

In this video for November 28, the date the Holy See in 1982 erected Opus Dei as a personal prelature, Bishop Echevarría answers questions from a journalist from the Italian television network RAI (8’24”).

How did Opus Dei come about? Has it fulfilled its mission? What is the greatest difficulty you confront as Prelate? In this video, Bishop Echevarría responds to these and other questions asked by a journalist from the Italian television network RAI (8’24”).

Recently members and friends celebrated Opus Dei's 80th anniversary with the Latin Patriarch. This video shows how the spirit of Opus Dei helps Christians and non-Christians to be sowers of peace in our Lord's homeland (8'49'').

Under shade provided by thatched palm branches, several hundred people from the Congolese town of Nkama-Bangala attended the inaugural Mass for the first church in Africa dedicated to St. Josemaría.

In a small town in Aragon, Spain, the parish church has a new statue of St. Josemaría.

Vesna Ostoic lives in Namibia, Africa. She moved there from London because of her husband's work. In her situation, it is more difficult to receive Christian formation and do apostolate…but not impossible.

After the recent terrorist attack at the University of Navarra, in which over 20 people were injured, the president of the university, Ángel J. Gómez-Montoro, made a public statement.

More than 1,200 people read the Bible uninterruptedly over the course of a week during the Synod on the Word of God in Rome. The Pope began the reading with Genesis. Among the readers was Bishop Javier Echevarría. (Video)

Words from Bishop Javier Echevarría's intervention in the Synod of Bishops on the Word of God

Bishop Javier Echevarría was interviewed on October 3 by a Rome newspaper, "La Repubblica," on the occasion of Opus Dei’s 80th anniversary.