Opus Dei

Some images from Bishop Javier Echevarría's August 17-18 pastoral trip to the Netherlands, where he met with hundreds of people.

Rita Youssif belongs to the Maronite Rite. When still a young girl in Lebanon she had to flee from her village because of the fighting. Despite all the upheavals, she came to realize that God had a plan for her life (Video).

St Josemaria explains that when one of the baptized tries to be better, through the Communion of Saints he or she is doing good to the whole Church.

Inspired by the message of St. Josemaría Escrivá, Alalay sa Pamilya at Bayan Foundation (APBF) empowers public school communities, youth, parents and teachers through character formation, to become productive, responsible and self-reliant members of society.

"I was 29 and had been in prison for two years. One day a Sister of Charity gave me a book called 'Friends of God'... ".

Alik and Timur, who are Muslims, and Kami, a Turkish Orthodox, talk about their interaction with Catholics in Nideck, a student residence in Strasbourg run by people of Opus Dei.

Link to Rome Reports extensive coverage of the Pope's 14-16 September visit to Lebanon.

While the heavy rains ravaged Manila and nearby provinces in early August, around 2,000 students from the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) used their twitter accounts to call for help in their relief operations for the flood victims.

“There is no love without suffering—without the suffering of renouncing oneself." The Prelate makes use of these words of Benedict XVI to speak at length about Christ's Cross.

Three teachers with extensive teaching experience, two from Spain and one from Mexico, were ordained on September 2nd in the shrine of Torreciudad by Bishop Javier Echevarría.