Number of articles: 63

Bishop Echevarría Has Minor Lung Infection

The Prelate of Opus Dei, Bishop Javier Echevarría, is in the Campus Bio-Medico hospital in Rome with a minor lung infection.

From the Prelate

Letter from the Prelate (December 2016)

"We are invited to turn our eyes to Christ, while recalling his terrestrial birth in Bethlehem and awaiting, also with joy and peace, his glorious coming at the end of time."

Pastoral Letters and Messages

​Pope Francis Receives the Prelate in Audience

On November 7 in the morning, the Holy Father received Bishop Javier Echevarría, Prelate of Opus Dei, in an audience.

From the Prelate

The Prelate, in Estonia and Finland

Bishop Javier Echevarría has made a brief pastoral visit to Estonia and Finland, where he encouraged people to carry out an "intense apostolate of evangelization."

From the Prelate

Letter from the Prelate (October 2016)

"We are continuously presented with opportunities to 'open ourselves like a fan' to serve more people, including those who have had no experience of Christian life, or do not have faith, or habitually fail to practice it," the Prelate tells us.

Pastoral Letters and Messages

Letter from the Prelate (September 2016)

The Prelate focuses on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on September 14, and reminds us that accompanying the sick and elderly in their suffering is a work of mercy very pleasing to God.

Pastoral Letters and Messages

"Mother Teresa saw in humanity a family"

An article by Bishop Javier Echevarría on the canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. "It was contemplation of the Eucharist that led Teresa of Calcutta to recognize Christ in those who were poor, sick or alone," the Prelate tells us.

Publications, Interviews, and Other Messages

Letter from the Prelate (August 2016)

The Prelate writes about Mary's Assumption and Queenship, and reflects on a spiritual work of mercy: "bearing wrongs patiently."

Pastoral Letters and Messages

Letter from the Prelate (July 2016)

"The identity card of the Christian is joy," the Prelate tells us, echoing Pope Francis. And he urges us to put into practice the spiritual work of mercy of "comforting the sorrowful."

Pastoral Letters and Messages

Prelate’s Pastoral Visit to Slovenia and Croatia

From 2-6 June, Bishop Javier Echevarría was in Slovenia and Croatia for a brief pastoral visit. He met with faithful of the Prelature and friends and encouraged them in their apostolic efforts.

From the Prelate