Josemaría Escrivá
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Spanish priest, writer and Catholic saint
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Why Is Josemaría Escrivá Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest. He founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priestss dedicated to the teaching that everyone is called to holiness by God and to discover sanctity in their ordinary lives. He was canonized in 2002 by Pope John Paul II, who declared Josemaría should be "counted among the great witnesses of Christianity."
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