Opus Dei

A Nicaraguan engineer recalls his university years in Guatemala, the friendships and formation that shaped him, and how they led to the discovery of God’s call.

“This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to Him” (Mt 17:5). On Mount Tabor, Peter, James, and John glimpsed the glory that awaits every follower of Christ, a glory meant not to remove them from ordinary life, but to strengthen them for it.

Almost a thousand faithful gathered at the Church of Our Lady Queen of the Family in Cayalá to take part in the Holy Eucharist which Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz concelebrated on his fifth day in Guatemala. The pastoral activities of this church are entrusted to priests of Opus Dei.

In his 5 August general audience, Pope Leo XIV continued the catechetical cycle on the Second Vatican Council, speaking about the dogmatic constitution “Sacrosanctum Concilium” and the prayer of the Church.

The full text of this consecration, which Saint Josemaría made for the first time on the solemnity of the Assumption, 15 August 1951, in the Shrine of Loreto, and which has been renewed every year since in Opus Dei centres.

Nearly forty years ago, Natale Sandoli left Venezuela for Tenerife. A photographer, husband, and father of three, he’s the first to admit he wasn't much of a churchgoer back then. That changed when a friend handed him a copy of “The Forge.”

This ebook is an invitation to rediscover love of neighbour as the compass of the Christian life, beginning with the parable of the Good Samaritan. It explores the principles of the Church’s social doctrine — justice, solidarity, the common good — and the challenge of building genuine dialogue in a fragmented world. We are called to live the faith with initiative, public presence, and openness to those who think differently.

On 11 July, the remains of Venerable Ernesto Cofiño were transferred to the Church of Santa María Reina de la Familia, in Ciudad Cayalá (Guatemala). The faithful will now be able to visit him more easily to ask God for favors and miracles through his intercession.

17,000 people, 50 countries, 13 languages, and nearly 2,000 hours of shared reflection: that was the response to our call to “renovate the house” together as this website turns 30. Here are our main findings from the survey in April.

You don’t have to have it all figured out to take the leap. Nati Martínez talks about quitting her job to start Boilera, a workshop where people make their own shoes and how she learned to stop waiting for “someday” and start finding meaning in her life right now.

A message from Pope Leo XIV for the feast of St. Joachim and St. Anne, which is also the 6th World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.

“In weeping for the fate of their characters,” Pope Francis wrote in his letter on the role of literature in formation, “we are essentially weeping for ourselves.” From Jesus’ parables to modern novels, literature has always had a mysterious influence on our interior world.