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 ...

ROME — Tens of thousands of pilgrims from around the world have descended on Rome to grab a ringside seat for the canonization of Father Josemaria Escriva, founder of the conservative religious ...

A huge crowd turned out in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square for the canonization mass of Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer. The controversial Spanish priest was the founder of the conservative Roman ...

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.

Opus Dei - which is Latin for "God's Work" - has more than 80,000 members, most of them from the laity and many of them holding top jobs in professions such as law, medicine, media and banking.

Opus Dei founder nears canonization. JEROME SOCOLOVSKY. FUENLABRADA, Spain -- When his alarm clock rings in the morning, Tello Aguilar never hits the snooze button. He says God doesn't want him to.

We incorrectly said the canonization of Opus Dei's founder was the fastest in church history. We should have said the fastest in modern church history. Earlier saints, such as Francis of Assissi ...

But on June 16, 2001, Bucciarelli’s name flashed across the front page of The New York Times. It was a sort of coming-out party for Opus Dei’s American wing.

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.” Thursday, June 26, 2025 A service of ...

I wish somebody would tell me if someone here at Harvard was suffering because of Opus Dei,” he says.It is in the nature of the “intellectual apostolate” preached by Opus Dei founder Escriva ...