Alvaro del Portillo: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Alvaro del Portillo - Episode One: Caught in the Crossfire Europe. 1943. As World War II rages, Axis and Allied forces vie for control of sea and sky. Despite the danger, a young Spanish engineer boards a flight bound for Rome, where he plans to…

Alvaro del Portillo: Episode Two

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Alvaro del Portillo - Episode Two: Flat Tires Madrid. 1946. Back in Spain, Alvaro has been ordained to the priesthood, and Opus Dei has established The Priestly Society of the Holy Cross. With the Second World War over, Josemaria and Alvaro are …

Alvaro del Portillo: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Alvaro del Portillo - Episode Three: Spanish Fanatics Rome. 1946. Alvaro and his team arrive in Rome to a less than friendly welcome. Faithful to the Church in every way, they can’t seem to overcome postwar distrust from the gatekeepers protecti…

Alvaro del Portillo: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Alvaro del Portillo - Episode Four: Vatican II Rome. 1963. The winds of change are blowing inside and outside the Church, as opposing forces vie for influence and control. Answering the call of the Holy Spirit, Pope John XXIII startles everyone,…

Alvaro del Portillo: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Alvaro del Portillo - Episode Five: Saxum Rome. 1975. Cardinal Benelli's inquiry into Opus Dei failed miserably after an appeal to Alvaro’s friend, Pope Paul VI. In the years since the end of Vatican II, Opus Dei is finally thriving, expanding t…