El cardenal Federico Tedeschini y su relación con san Josemaría y con el Opus Dei / Cardinal Federico Tedeschini and his Relationship with St. Josemaría and Opus Dei

Abstract

Federico Tedeschini (1873-1959), nuncio in Spain (1921- 1936) and cardinal of the Catholic Church (1933-1959), served as a substitute for the Secretariat of State between 1914 and 1921. He was one of the curial ecclesiastics who met the first members of the Work who arrived in Rome in 1942. When St. Josemaría Escrivá arrived in Rome in 1946, his cordial relationship from the very beginning with Federico Tedeschini, intensified when the prelate was named cardinal protector of the Work in 1951 In this article, in addition to making available unpublished correspondence between the two, we seek to delve deeper into the role Tedeschini played in the life of Opus Dei, especially in the years in which he served as cardinal-protector.

Keywords

• federico tedeschini
• josemaría escrivá
• cardinal protector
• pius xii
• álvaro del portillo
• rome
• 1942-1959