Opus Dei

Pope Francis has authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to issue the decree approving a miracle attributed to the intercession of Guadalupe Ortiz (1916-1975), a member of Opus Dei.

The cure of a man who suffered basal cell carcinoma has been declared a miracle worked by God through the intercession of Guadalupe Ortiz.

The formation offered in Opus Dei is also addressed to young people, so that "they may be, now and for the rest of their lives, Christian leaven in families, jobs, and the whole of the immense field of human life in the middle of the world."

Spring Publications in Hong Kong publishes the writings of St Josemaria in Chinese. Lucia Kwong describes some of their creative initiatives at the annual Hong Kong book fair.

Anna Corry, a supernumerary member of Opus Dei, had many messages to pass on before she died of cancer on the 29th of March 2018, in Sydney, Australia.

When Pope Francis declared a Year of Mercy starting in December 2015 it set me thinking about works of mercy. In a meeting with friends to discuss possible projects, someone mentioned how he used to go with a group of volunteers to a prison to attend Sunday Mass there with the prisoners. I was moved by this idea and resolved to look into it further.

Some of the bishops celebrating Masses for the feast of Saint Josemaria in the United States this year are Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York; Bishops Edward Burns of Dallas, Brendan J. Cahill of Victoria, Texas; Bishop Richard J. Malone of Buffalo; David Kagan of Bismarck, North Dakota; Bishop Robert Barron, auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles; and Bishop Enrique Delgado, auxiliary bishop of Miami.

From May 31st to June 3rd, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz made a pastoral visit to Sicily. In Palermo, he greeted members of Opus Dei and their friends.

Interview with José Luis González Gullón, author of "Escondidos," the story of how Saint Josemaria and the first members of Opus Dei managed to survive in the Republican Zone during the Spanish Civil War.

This free eBook brings together a number of articles published on this website during the Jubilee Year of Mercy convoked by Pope Francis.