Loyalty to the Church

"What is the Church? Where is the Church? Bewildered and disoriented, many Christians do not find sure answers to these questions." Saint Josemaria posed these questions in 1972 in his homily Loyalty to the Church. They are still relevant, and this homily offers some answers: "The [...]
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Anniversary of the Pope's Election

It has been five years since the start of Benedict XVI pontificate. Before then, Joseph Ratzinger, was the right hand man of John Paul II.
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Cathedra of St. Peter

Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the [...]
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A magnet drawing people to Christ

Converted to Catholicism at the age of 28 after reading G. K. Chesterton, Joseph Pearce is the author of Literary Converts and many biographies of converts and literary figures. In this recent interview for www.josemariaescriva.info he speaks of how much he was helped by St [...]
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Christian unity

The Church asks the faithful for more intense prayer for unity in the week of January 18 to 25, culminating on the feast of St Paul. 8 days = 8 prayers Please say a prayer each day for the following intention: that all of us Catholics may [...]
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Loving priests deeply

Filmed encounter of St Josemaria with other priests, Pamplona, Spain, 1972
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Opus Dei, a personal prelature

An encounter between members of Opus Dei with John Paul II during the study days organized by the prelature about the Apostolic Letter "Novo Millennio Ineunte". Read the full text at www.vatican.va: Priests and laity in Opus Dei
Tags: Church, Pope John Paul II, Opus Dei prelate, Opus Dei prelature, Evangelization, lay

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Love for the Pope

“Love for the Roman Pontiff must be in us a delightful passion, for in him we see Christ” (St. Josemaria, In Love with the Church, 13).
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Fr. Robert Gendreau: Priestly Society of the Holy Cross

Fr. Gendreau is a parish priest in the archdiocese of Montreal and a priest of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross.
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Dedication of a church to St Josemaria in Mexico DF

On July 28 2009 the first church dedicated to St Josemaria in Mexico was consecrated in Santa Fe, Mexico DF. The parish church of St Josemaria will be looked after by priests of the Opus Dei prelature, at the request of Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera. [...]
Tags: Church, Javier Echevarria, Opus Dei prelate