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A six-year dispute between the Spanish Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón and Opus Dei over a Marian image at the shrine of Torreciudad has escalated after almost a year of relative silence, with the local bishop again threatening to resign if the dispute is not resolved in his favor.
An aerial view showing the original chapel at the bottom of the image and the shrine almost in the middle. Courtesy picture.Vatican sources told The Pillar that the Vatican-appointed commissioner resolved the matter almost a year ago with an agreement thought to be largely favorable to Opus Dei, but Bishop Ángel Pérez Pueyo, SOD, has so far refused to accept the agreement.
The Vatican agreement provided for continued Opus Dei control of the shrine complex; for the normalization of its canonical status as a diocesan shrine, with the bishop appointing the rector from a shortlist presented by Opus Dei; and for the image of Our Lady of Torreciudad to visit the original chapel twice a year.
But the bishop has so far rejected all proposed solutions that do not include the permanent return of the image of Our Lady of Torreciudad to
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