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Documentary About the Prelate’s 2018 Trip to Brazil

“The Multitudes Await Us” is a 32-minute Beta Films documentary with English subtitles about Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz’s pastoral visit in early 2018 to Brazil.

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Letter from the Prelate (20 February 2021)

At the beginning of Lent, Monsignor Ocariz invites us to seek identification with Christ along the path of poverty reflected in fasting.

Pastoral Letters and Messages

Letter from the Prelate (30 January 2021)

Monsignor Ocáriz invites us to contribute with our prayers to a plan to better spur forward and coordinate the apostolic undertakings of the Prelature.

Pastoral Letters and Messages

23 January 2017: Monsignor Ocáriz, Prelate of Opus Dei

Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz was elected as Prelate of Opus Dei four years ago, on 23 January 2017. With some words of his from 23 January 2020.

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"One Year Ago": the Prelate's Trip to the United States

The production company Beta Films has produced the 24-minute documentary ‘One Year Ago’ about the pastoral visit by Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz to the U.S. in 2019.

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Christmas Video from Monsignor Ocáriz

Some words from the Prelate of Opus Dei for Christmas 2020. "May we, with our self-giving, try to imitate our Lord, to identify ourselves with Him."

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Christmas Greeting from the Prelate (2020)

"The Child Jesus calls us to live with a free heart, a heart detached from the goods of this world and able to discern what is truly important."

Pastoral Letters and Messages

Letter from the Prelate (12 August 2020)

Faith helps us to discover the good present in every situation, also when they are painful. As Monsignor Ocáriz reminds us, with words of Saint Paul, "in everything God works for good with those who love him.”

Pastoral Letters and Messages

Covid-19: Prelate’s Dialogue with Health Care Workers

Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz took part in the second edition of “Harambee Covid-19 Conversations,” a series of discussions among health care professionals from Africa, Europe and Latin America.

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“Some questions that troubled me as a mother and a believer”

Philosopher, theologian, mother and consultant for "Ediciones Cristiandad," Paula Hermida asked the Prelate of Opus Dei if he would be willing to answer some questions that troubled her about today’s world. The result is “Christians in the Society of the Twenty-first Century,” a book that considers 70 questions about the future of the family, the role of the Church, the evolution of Opus Dei, and even the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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