Now that Opus Dei`s founder has been beatified, the Prelature can enter a new phase of its apostolate in this country and the rest of the world. Surely it is opportune for you to throw out your ...

The canonization of Escriva, a Spanish priest who founded Opus Dei in 1928, came just 27 years after his death, in one of the quickest passages to sainthood in Catholic history.

A Vatican department has given the initial green light for Msgr. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, the Spanish founder of the controversial Roman Catholic group Opus Dei, to be declared a saint by ...

ROME — In one of the most hotly debated acts of his papacy, Pope John Paul II beatified the Spanish founder of the conservative Opus Dei religious movement yesterday, elevating Monsignor Jose ...

The founder of the conservative Roman Catholic group Opus Dei will be elevated to sainthood in October, receiving a posthumous honor in 27 years that's often bestowed on notable Catholics only ...

The group, which has been under investigation by the Vatican, "categorically denies" any accusations of human trafficking or ...

The two-volume work Opus Dei: A History (1928-2016) by José Luis González Gullón and John Coverdale has accessed all existing documentation, as well as numerous oral testimonies, about the ...

To this August list Pope John Paul II will add the name of Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, the Spanish founder of Opus Dei. The canonization this week will draw at least 250,000 spectators to Rome.

Opus Dei founder gets 'The Mission' treatment. Austen Ivereigh June 08, 2009. Remember The Mission, that great 1986 film about eighteenth-century Jesuits in the Paraguayan jungle, ...

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