The Church celebrates her feast day on Aug. 23. 4. St. Josemaría Escrivá Josemaría Escrivá was born in Barbastro, Spain, on Jan. 9, 1902, to a devout Catholic family.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The once-powerful archbishop of Lima, Peru and the first-ever cardinal of Opus Dei acknowledged Saturday that the Vatican had imposed sanctions on him in 2019 following an ...

The Catholic organization Opus Dei was born amid conspiracy theories. Its founder, Josemaría Escrivá, had struggled to win converts to his group — envisioned as a lay entity within the ...

Many people who worked with Pope Leo XIV when he was Bishop Robert Prevost of Chiclayo, Peru, couldn’t hold back tears when his election was announced on May 8.

Escriva saw the unpredictability of the Trump administration's policies, from trade to wider economy, as one of the risks defining the global environment, with "possible deterioration of ...

Twenty days into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV’s appointment style remains largely unknown — but his years leading the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, may offer clues. There, he prioritized lay ...

"What we do know," said Brazilian-born theologian Leonardo Boff, "is that he's a North American with a Latin American soul." ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez made a strong defense of Digital Transformation Minister Jose Luis Escriva’s economic credentials, although he stopped short of endorsing him as the country ...