FATHER JACQUES HAMEL (1932-2016) MARTYRED IN A TERRORIST ATTACK INSIDE A CHURCH IN SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY (FRANCE) WHILE CELEBRATING THE HOLY MASS. (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is horrified and shocked by an attack in a church in Rouen, in northern France, where a priest was slain and another hostage was seriously wounded. A statement released by Fr…
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POPE FRANCIS ON THE MOTHER: “THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE IN YOUR FAMILY AND FOR WHAT YOU GIVE TO THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD!”
POPE FRANCIS ON THE MOTHER. “THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE IN YOUR FAMILY AND FOR WHAT YOU GIVE TO THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD!” On the occasion of Mother’s Day, I thought of sharing this beautiful catechesis of Pope Francis on the mother so that we, children, would realize the great love behind the…
NEW CHRISTIAN MARTYRS OF LAHORE, PAKISTAN: PRAY FOR US, FOR THE PERSECUTED AND FOR YOUR PERSECUTORS!
NEW CHRISTIAN MARTYRS OF LAHORE, PAKISTAN: PRAY FOR US, FOR THE PERSECUTED AND FOR YOUR PERSECUTORS! Dear friends, another sad breaking news. More than 70 CHRISTIANS DIED AND 300 WOUNDED, MOSTLY CHILDREN AND WOMEN in Lahore, Pakistan. They were Christians celebrating Easter Sunday at Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, which is popular with families, when the bomber…
REST IN PEACE AND PRAY FOR US, Sisters Anselm, Marguerite, Judit and Reginette!
REST IN PEACE AND PRAY FOR US, Sisters Anselm, Marguerite, Judit and Reginette (The martyred nuns of the Missionaries of Charity in Yemen)! Thank you for your loving example of total self-giving to God and to the service of the Church and of the poor! May the blood spilled by your martyrdom gain souls for…
Sept. 28: St. LORENZO RUIZ & COMPANIONS, Martyrs. Patron saint of OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers), of the Filipinos and of the Philippines
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August 12: ST. JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL. Foundress of the Order of Visitation. Learn how to forgive. The Martyrdom of Love
August 12: ST. JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL. Foundress of the Order of Visitation. Learn how to forgive. The Martyrdom of Love Today we celebrate the memorial of St. Jane Frances de Chantal, a woman who possessed extraordinary traits as a cheerful Christian mother, wife, widower and later nun, foundress of the Order of Visitation. A…
ST. JAMES THE GREATER: 1ST Apostle to Suffer Martyrdom, Evangelized Spain.
ST. JAMES THE GREATER, 1ST APOSTLE TO SUFFER MARTYRDOM, EVANGELIZED SPAIN “James, from Bethsaida, was the son of Zebedee and the brother of John. He was one of the three disciples to witness the Transfiguration and the agony in the Garden besides other important events of our Saviour’s public life. He and his brother’s impetuous…
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