Opus Dei

In 1991, Fr. Luis de Moya, an Opus Dei priest, suffered an automobile accident. His life was miraculously saved, but his spine was fractured and he lost all mobility and sensation below the neck. He had to learn to live with an almost unusable body, dependent on others for almost everything.

VIDEO: During his first Mass of the year, on the feast of Mary, Mother of God, Pope Benedict XVI unveiled his wish list for 2008: that the family be strengthened, and that peace spread to all places.

In 1956, St. Josemaria gave a homily entitled "The Epiphany of our Lord." We offer a selection here.

Louise Lalu, a cooperator from Congo, recounts how she overcame great adversity to become a doctor. She also helps promotes Harambee programs in Africa.

Benedict XVI said that the crib and the tree are symbols that help us to remember Christmas’ true meaning: that God has become man in order to help us.

The new deacons come from 15 countries and were ordained today by the Prelate in the Basílica of San Eugenio in Rome. We present some excerpts from Bishop Javier Echevarría's homily along with the names of the newly ordained deacons.

""Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ." Citing words of St. Jerome, the Holy Father advised all the faithful to read a passage from the Bible each day.

On the solemnity of All Saints, the Holy Father stressed that not only all Christians are called to sanctity, but that every human being is called to be a saint.

To see someone who is now contemplating God in heaven and to hear that person speak about God is a welcome opportunity for a Christian. On the fifth anniversary of St. Josemaría’s canonization, our web page inaugurates a new section: Short Videos of the Founder.

When the earth shook in Peru on August 15th, Isabel Gameros first gathered together the 11 members of her family. Then she went to help her neighbors. That evening she decided to say the rosary in the middle of the rubble, “Because God knows what is best.”