List of Members of Opus Dei - Writing and Journalism

Writing and Journalism

• Joaquin Navarro Valls (born November 16, 1936, Cartagena, Spain) was a physician and journalist who later served as the Director of the Vatican Press Office, taking the post in 1984. A numerary member.
• Robert Duncan - a noted journalist. An ombudsman for foreign press in Spain; vice-president of OPCI Ibero-American press association; vice-president of APSCE, association for energy and telecommunications; past executive board member for Spain's oldest and largest foreign press body, the Club Internaciónal de Prensa; editor for Spero News and EnerPub
• Rafael Calvo Serer (died 1988) - editor and founder of Diario Madrid who was hounded into exile for his criticism of Franco, who closed the publication. Although Messori states that Calvo, by working underground, helped to bring democracy to Spain, According to some, he did not oppose Francoism, but Franco himself about Franco's succession (see Preston 623-3, 663 and 671).
• Antonio Fontán (born 1923) - journalist who advocated free elections and trade unions in Spain under Franco. Later served as President of the Senate and helped draft Spain's new democratic constitution.
• Francis Fernandez Carvajal - wrote In Conversation with God, which has sold over two million copies in several languages, including Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovakian and Polish. It consists of over 450 meditations, one or more for every day of the year, as well as three meditations for each Sunday, corresponding to the three year cycle in the Catholic lectionary.
• Pilar Urbano - Spanish journalist whose interviewing technique has become a model for other journalists. A numerary.
• Cesare Cavalleri - Italian literary critic and publisher. He received the Premio internazionale Medaglia d'oro per la Cultura cattolica (International Golden Medal Award for Catholic Culture).
• Alberto Michelini - Italian film director, journalist and politician. A supernumerary member.
• Michael Cook - Australian journalist. Editor of MercatorNet, "An on-line magazine for navigating modern complexities."
• Michael Adams - Irish publisher (died 2009). He was a numerary member and the Managing Director of Four Courts Press, Ireland's largest academic publishing house. Adams was the author of a book Censorship: The Irish Experience, which was critical of the operation of the former Irish system of literary censorship.
• Paul Dumol - Filipino playwright, famous for Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio. He is also the Chairman of the Philippine Center for Civic Education and Democracy.