"Welcome Jesus in every child"
Family - 29. - Promises to childrenDear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning!Today since the weather was rather uncertain and rain was forecast, this Audience is being held simultaneously in two places:...
View Article"Holy Spouses, Holy Families"
Holy Spouses, Holy Families: Reflections on the Synod's Final Daysby Archbishop Jose H. GomezAs Synod-2015 began its final week of work, Pope Francis canonised a married couple, Louis and Zélie Martin,...
View Article"Blessed are the merciful"
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCISFOR THE THIRTY-FIRST WORLD YOUTH DAY 2016“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy” (Mt 5:7)Dear Young People,We have come to the last stretch of our...
View ArticleOrdination of 27 New Deacons
The ceremony will take place at 4 pm (Rome time) in the basilica of St. Eugene’s. Bishop Javier Echeverría, Prelate of Opus Dei, will confer the diaconal ordination. The candidates, who come from 13...
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Bassam and Raghad: "Welcome Home"
Text of Pope Francis’ appeal on the welcome of refugeesOlivia recalls: “In mid-August, we received a call from a priest friend who informed us of the serious situation faced by hundreds of Iraqi...
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iPray with the Gospel: November leaflet
To download the November prayer leaflet in epub, mobi and pdf format, click here.To receive notifications about all the booklets being produced, click here.Fr George Boronat is a priest of Opus Dei and...
View Article"A simple secret to healing wounds"
Family - 31. Forgive us our debtsDear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning!The Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which concluded only recently, reflected in depth on the vocation and the mission of the...
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Bishop Javier Echevarría Recovering from Surgery
The doctors in charge of the operation said that “the surgery has been successful, with no complications. The lumbar spinal decompression and fusion were carried out to relieve spinal...
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"Science committed to the person"
(From Vatican Radio): Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin recalled the motto of ‘Campus Bio-medico’ during his homily on Wednesday, November 11, at the Mass marking the beginning of the...
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Bishop Echevarría Discharged from Hospital
Bishop Javier Echevarría was discharged today from the University of Navarra Hospital in Pamplona, Spain. He is making very good progress in recovering from the surgery on his spinal column that took...
View ArticleFeast of Christ the King
He is our King. He desires ardently to rule our hearts, because we are children of God. But we should not try to imagine a human sort of rule—Christ does not dominate or seek to impose himself, because...
View ArticleKenya Welcomes the Pope
A brief video made by Strathmore University students to welcome Pope Francis to Kenya for his 25-30 November apostolic visit to Africa.
View ArticlePope Francis' Trip to 3 African Countries
Link to complete agenda for the 25-30 November trip to Africa: Apostolic Journey of Pope Francis to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African RepublicLink to brief video made by Strathmore University...
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Preparing for the Pope's Visit to Africa
Last year was the beginning of the hope that the Pope would come to Africa. Ugandan Bishops had invited the Pope for the 50th commemoration of the Uganda martyrs. The visit did not take place but was...
View ArticleFree eBook to Prepare for the Year of Mercy
Download as PDFDownload as MobiDownload as ePubThe document available in epub, mobi and PDF format includes some of the key texts from Pope Francis on the Jubilee of Mercy such as the Bull of Indiction...
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iPray with the Gospel: Advent & Christmas
To download the prayer leaflet in epub, mobi and pdf format, click here.To receive notifications about all the booklets being produced, click here.Fr George Boronat is a priest of Opus Dei and chaplain...
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"I always keep two things in my pocket"
At the meeting with young people in Nairobi on 27 November Pope Francis revealed what keeps him going in difficult moments: “I always keep two things in my pocket: a Rosary, to pray and something that...
View ArticlePrelate Speaks about the Works of Mercy
The Extraordinary Jubilee convoked by Pope Francis places mercy at the center of attention on our Christian path. The Holy Father writes that mercy is “a key word that indicates God’s action towards...
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Apostolic Visit to Africa: Homilies and Addresses
POPE FRANCIS IN KENYA25th November 2015Meeting with Authorities of Kenya and the Diplomatic Corps26th November 2015Ecumenical and Inter-religious meetingHomily of His Holiness Pope Francis at...
View ArticleMarriage: a Divine Path on Earth
Inspired by the Marian year for the family in Opus Dei, this is the first in a series of videos made in Chile on the vocation to marriage, "a divine path on earth," as Saint Josemaria liked to say.
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