The Prelate of Opus Dei at UNIV 2026: “May we all feel truly free, for the great freedom of loving”
Close to 2,500 students from 26 countries are in Rome to live Holy Week with the Pope and meet the Prelate of Opus Dei. The theme of UNIV this year is “Building bridges: the art of dialogue.”
Christ came to enable forgiveness of our sins
In nine months we will celebrate Christmas. The early Christians remembered the day with special solemnity and called it the Feast of the Annunciation, recalling how God sent Saint Gabriel to a young woman in Nazareth. The angel announced: “Mary, do not be afraid! You have won God’s favour. Behold, you are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus.”
A New Digital Window Into the History of Opus Dei
Two specialist institutions launch a new website dedicated to the history of Opus Dei, combining academic rigour with an accessible, multimedia approach.
Lent is here to draw us back to God
In living Christian faith, much is brimming over with light. We catch a glimpse of God working wonders in our lives. We feel the power of the angel’s words: “Rejoice! The Lord is with you.” But in our lives, there is also much that is darkness.
There’s more to true love than romance
Valentine’s Day is all about love. There are two radically different ways of looking at it. If your romance reduces to a one-night stand, it is nothing more than a lie dressed up to look like love. If a man commits himself to be faithful to one woman for his whole life and the woman commits herself in the same way, then their love is true love.
Romana 80 in English
A new issue of “Romana,” the official bulletin of the prelature of Opus Dei, is available in English on the Romana website. It covers the first half of 2025.
Allow God to order steps in the New Year
How you ever noticed how clearly the Gospel focuses on change? The Bible is all about a change from the old covenant to the new covenant. Jesus tells his disciples about a change that begins with a baptism of fire. He works his first miracle by changing water into wine. The Sermon on the Mount tells us to change from the old law to the new law, where we love our enemies and overcome evil with an abundance of good deeds.
Christmas invites us to see beyond our present
Some Christians never allow a day to go by without remembering the night that Jesus was born. They’re not just looking forward to Christmas. They’re looking forward to eternity with God. I doubt I can capture this ideal in words, but I want to try. Christmas invites us to catch a glimpse of all that lies beyond our present world.
Husband, Parent, Business Entrepreneur, Saint
On 18th December 2025, Pope Leo authorised the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to publish the decree recognising a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God Enrico Ernesto Shaw, lay faithful and father of a family.