Opus Dei

Bernie Villegas reviews THERE BE DRAGONS, an epic film by Roland Joffé, narrating the lives of two childhood friends, Josemaría Escrivá and Manolo Torres (a fictional character) who get separated by the agitated political events of the Spanish Civil War and choose opposite roads. The film will show in Philippine Theaters in November 2011.

The following is a statement by Béatrice de La Coste, of the Office of Information of Opus Dei in France, regarding a legal case that has been brought against two directors of the Dosnon Catering School.

“Opus Dei has not been taken to court,” clarifies Béatrice de la Coste, from Opus Dei’s information office in France. The misreporting concerns a legal case brought against two of the directors of Dosnon Catering School.

During the recent World Youth Day in Spain, 200 confessionals were set up in a famous park in Madrid. Several young Dutch women explain what confession is all about.

A young father asks Saint Josemaria about how to "face this dilemma" we all have with regard to balancing work and family.

Zhonghua Wang is from Beijing and studies in Germany. She tells how she comes to be baptized by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome, during the Easter Vigil, 2011.

During his recent stay in the Congo, the Prelate visited the Monkole Medical Center, just outside Kinshasa. A woman on the housekeeping staff asked him an important question.

Values education and life-coaching are the key elements that distinguish this club that prepares public high school girls in the Philippines for a productive and meaningful work life.

Miguel Aranguren, Spanish author and journalist, discovered that St Josemaria was always young. "I realized that youth isn't a question of years, it's having a heart that's in love."

Benedict XVI spoke about the importance of brotherly love and united prayer. He noted that those who reach out to their neighbors in prayer help to create a united community. “Fraternal love comes with a sense of mutual responsibility; therefore if my brother is at fault against me, I must use charity towards him and, first of all, speak to him personally.”