Lift up your gaze during the exam period
Pope Leo XIV invites us not to go through life with our eyes "fixed on the ground." Exams can do exactly that — swallow up the whole horizon and take your peace with them — but it doesn't have to be that way.
"Craftsmen of Peace": Priestly Ordination Highlights
18 members of Opus Dei were ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Fernando José Castro Aguayo, Bishop of Margarita (Venezuela). The ceremony took place at the Basilica of Saint Eugune (Rome).
Letter from the Prelate (25 May 2026)
On the occasion of the Pope's first Encyclical and the ordination of priests in the Work, the Prelate invites us to deepen in our love for the Successor of Peter, with an eager desire to serve all souls.
“Magnifica Humanitas,” Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical
Today, 25 May 2026, saw the publication of “Magnifica Humanitas,” on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence. This article contains a downloadable ebook of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical in ePub and PDF formats, with an audiobook coming soon.
Getting to Know Your Mother
You might be tempted to take Mary for granted as a familiar figure in the background of faith, but her love for each of us is anything but background noise.
Prayer for Pedro Ballester’s intercession
Pedro Ballester was born on 22 May. On his birthday, we are sharing a prayer asking God for favours through his intercession, available in over 25 languages.
Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz: “The most faithful path to serve the Church is not to be indifferent to the vicissitudes of our world”
The Prelate of Opus Dei reflects on some contemporary challenges in this interview with Exaudi.
A meditation is a conversation starter
Did you know that the things already filling your head — your studies, your relationships, the questions you can't quite shake — are exactly the right material for a conversation with God? For many young people, the meditations Opus Dei offers are a way to start that conversation.
Why do you stand here looking into heaven?
When did you last catch yourself staring into the infinite, not quite sure why? That’s what the apostles found themselves doing after the Ascension: eyes up, trying to process what had just happened. Then someone interrupted them with a question they could ask any of us today: “Why do you stand here looking into heaven?”
Pedro Ballester’s Canonisation Cause Opens
Pedro died in Manchester in 2018 at the age of 21, after three years living with an aggressive cancer. He was an engineering student, and his cause for canonisation has just been opened. His birthday is 22nd May.