Today the Catholic Church honors St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (1902–1975), Spanish priest, founder of Opus Dei, and author of “The Way” (1934), a book that continues to be of great ...

COMMENTARY: Contrary to the menacing portraits drawn by Opus Dei’s critics, St. Josemaría Escrivá founded ‘the Work’ to help people become ‘contemplatives in the midst of the world’ by sanctifying ...

Its notoriety escalated with the publication of the runaway bestseller The Da Vinci Code and John Paul II's recent, much-debated canonization of it's founder. Vatican correspondent for the National ...

VATICAN CITY -- Drawing one of the Vatican's largest-ever crowds, Pope John Paul II Sunday bestowed the honor of sainthood on the controversial founder of Opus Dei, a conservative Catholic ...

VATICAN CITY -- More than 200,000 pilgrims are expected in St. Peter's Square tomorrow to hear Pope John Paul II proclaim Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, founder of the controversial Opus Dei movement, ...

Pope Francis greets Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, the prelate of Opus Dei, during an audience at the Vatican on Nov. 29, 2021. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) Reading the pages of Gareth Gore’s Opus: The Cult of ...

Opus Dei’s purpose lies in promoting sanctification in the midst of ordinary life, particularly through work. Central to the charism of St. Josemaría Esrivá de Balaguer was his insistence that all ...

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports on today's canonization of Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, the founder of the Roman Catholic movement Opus Dei ("God's Work"). The movement has grown in influence under ...