Opus Dei

Words of Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, Prelate of Opus Dei, following the beatification of Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri (Madrid,18 May 2019)

As of this morning, the Catholic Church has a new Blessed: the Spanish chemist and researcher Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri (1916-1975), a member of Opus Dei who was beatified in a ceremony presided over by Cardinal Becciu, prefect of the Congregation of the Causes of the Saints, held in Madrid at 11 am this morning at the Vistalegre Arena.

Text of the homily of Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu at the beatification of Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri.

Pope Francis’ letter to Mons. Fernando Ocáriz, Prelate of Opus Dei, on the occasion of the beatification of Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri.

Groups from all over the world can be seen on the streets of Madrid, visiting places connected with Guadalupe's life, praying before her mortal remains at the Royal Oratory of the Knight of Grace, or visiting an exhibition about her at the Tajamar School.

The Prelate of Opus Dei, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, went on Friday to the Royal Oratory of Caballero de Gracia, located on the Gran Via in Madrid, to pray before the mortal remains of the one who tomorrow will be Blessed Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri.

Monsignor Mariano Fazio has been appointed as Auxiliary Vicar; Rev. Antoni Pujals as Vicar General; and Rev. Jorge Gisbert as Central Vicar Secretary.

Auxiliary Vicar of Opus Dei since 2019, Mariano Fazio was born in Buenos Aires on April 25, 1960. He has been rector of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross and was an invited expert at the Latin American Bishops Conference in Aparecida, Brazil, in 2007.

"Guadalupe: A Path to Heaven in Daily Life" was published in ABC Madrid on May 13, 2019.