Francisco Fernández Carvajal

Who is Francisco Fernández Carvajal?

Francisco Fernández Carvajal or Francis Fernandez is a Spanish Roman Catholic priest in the Opus Dei Prelature and author of several books.

In 1961 Carvajal earned a Doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum with a dissertation entitled Evolución historico-juridica de la autonomia interna en las congregaciones religiosas.

He is best known for his seven volume work Hablar con Dios, 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. An updated, four volume edition with over 550 meditations was completed in 2004.

He is a graduate in history from the University of Navarra, and holds a doctorate in Canon law from the Angelicum in Rome. He was ordained a priest in 1964, and has ministered especially to university students throughout his career. Carvajal was an editor of the magazine Revista Palabra for over 10 years, from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s.