The birthday of "alternative" feminism?

St Valentine’s Day is an important day for most people but this year it is especially important. Why? Is it going to be particularly chocolate-filled? Will there be a mountain of roses? No. It will be the 80th anniversary of the start of the women’s [...]
Tags: Pope John Paul II, Opus Dei, Vatican II, Women

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'Progressives' and 'Fundamentalists'

What role do you think can be played in these times by the tendencies which in general terms have been called ‘progressive’ and ‘fundamentalist’? As I see it, the present doctrinal position of the Church could be expressed as ‘positive’ and at the same time ‘delicate’, [...]
Tags: Church, Vatican II

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Centro ELIS, Italy

Centro ELIS, founded in Rome nearly forty years ago, runs a series of training activities connected with employment and sports with one end in view: to help every boy who takes part in them to mature on both the human and the Christian plane. Centro ELIS [...]
Tags: Sport, Education, Pope, Work, Vatican II

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Difficult Times

“If we all pray together, if we add just a bit of good will, our Lord will give us his grace and end this dark, terrible night. Then will come the dawn, the morning filled with sunlight.” On December 22, 1971, a beautiful antique image of [...]
Tags: Fortitude, Church, Vatican II, Our Lady

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Vatican II

The founder of Opus Dei welcomed the news with great hope and asked everyone to pray “for the happy outcome of this great initiative of an ecumenical council.” Some of his sons would take part in it; among them his closest collaborator, Father Álvaro del [...]
Tags: Church, Pope, Vatican II

Testimony

Cardinal Franz König, Archbishop Emeritus of Vienna

I met Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer in Rome during the Second Vatican Council. I had been told that he fostered the role of laity in everyday life, in the world of work. He wanted the Church to be active in the world through the laity, [...]
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The right kind of anti-clericalism

Interview with Msgr Fernando Ocariz, Vicar General of Opus Dei, on Christians and politics as seen by Founder of Opus Dei. Msgr Ocariz outline the scope of Saint Josemaria’s words on the relationship between Opus Dei, the Church, and the world of politics, clarifying what [...]
Tags: Passionately Loving the World, Citizenship, Culture, Naturalness, Responsibility, Holiness, Vatican II, Ordinary life

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‘This donkey will remind you of me,’ he said. I like to think I met a saint

I first met a member of Opus Dei here in Britain over 30 years ago. His name was Juan Galarraga, and at that time he was a layman studying at the University of London. I met him on a number of occasions at the Newman [...]
Tags: The Way, Opus Dei, Vatican II

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The Universality of the Church

A summary of the article by Msgr. Ocariz, vicar general of Opus Dei, in which he unpacks St Josemaria’s many references to the universality of the Church. When St Josemaria spoke and wrote about the Church he explained how she is one, holy, catholic and [...]
Tags: Passionately Loving the World, Church, Opus Dei, Pope, Vatican II

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Opus Dei Prelature

The following are some words by the present Prelate of Opus Dei, Bishop Javier Echevarría, on the significance of the establishment of Opus Dei as a personal prelature of the Catholic Church. The pontifical act by which the Opus Dei prelature was established on November 28, [...]
Tags: Church, Javier Echevarria, Opus Dei prelature, Vatican II