Saint Stanislaus
The main patron saint of Poland was dear to John Paul II...
Saint Magdalene of Canossa
She found her perfect happiness in following Christ and serving the lowliest
Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica
He is highly venerated in the East, where the Orthodox Churches attribute to him the title of Megalomartyr (great martyr)
Annunciation of the Lord
To manifest His omnipotence God chooses Nazareth, a secondary town in the peripheral region of Galilee. And above all he chooses the most humble Mary.
Divine Mercy Sunday
On 22 February 1931 Jesus first communicated to St. Faustina Kowalska His desire for a Feast of Divine Mercy to be celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter. On that same occasion Our Lord made her a solemn promise, valid for every pilgrim soul on earth.
Saint Peter of Verona
He was born from parents involved with Catharism, the heresy that he fought throughout his life, accomplishing numerous conversions
Saint Vincent Ferrer
His contemporaries called him “the Angel of Judgement”
Saint Isidore of Seville
The first encyclopaedia was born from his genius and it is for this reason that he was proposed as patron saint of the Internet and those who work on it
Saint Richard of Chichester
He defended the Church from the king's interference and promoted a robust reform of the clergy in his diocese
Saint Francis of Paola
Mystic and founder of the Order of Minims, he was called “the other Francis” for his charity
Easter Monday
For the liturgy of the Church, today is Monday in the Octave of Easter. Traditionally it recalls what happened at the tomb the previous day...
Easter of Resurrection
The pain experienced by Jesus on the day of His death on the Cross, which the faithful of all times relive, acquires meaning in the light of the Resurrection, the supreme proof of His divinity and His eternal words: “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life”
