Opus Dei

Natasha came to Rome from Ireland for the recent UNIV Congress. In the audience with Benedict XVI on Wednesday during Holy Week, she had a chance to thank the Pope for his letter to the Church in Ireland.

Harambee has established the "Communicating Africa" award, for documentaries and news reports that give a true picture of the African people, making known their real hopes and challenges (2:12).

April 19th marks the fifth anniversary of Benedict XVI's election as the successor of Saint Peter. Here are three ways people are supporting the Pope during this difficult time, including a novena.

"With his humiliation and his subsequent exaltation, our Lord has traced out for us the path we should follow in our daily life," Bishop Echevarría tells us in his April letter.

15 hours of work, 1,000 photographs, more than 1,400 drawings.... Several university students have produced a video entitled “Do you know Benedict XVI?"

In an audience held in St. Peter’s Square, Benedict XVI greeted over 4000 university students who are taking part in the UNIV Conference in Rome. Quoting St. Josemaría, he encouraged them to seek God in their daily life.

Benedict XVI greeted the UNIV participants during his Wednesday audience, urging them to foster “a growing desire to meet Jesus Christ personally.”

The 4000 university students taking part in UNIV have written a letter to Benedict XVI expressing their thanks and support for his service to the Church.

Celina, a 23-year-old Chinese, is studying to be a concert pianist in Austria. After suffering a personal tragedy, she found new friends, and the path to God, in a student residence in Vienna.

Some links to recent statements and articles about Pope Benedict XVI's handling of clerical sex abuse cases