Holy Saturday by Ermes Dovico

Saint of the day


Saint James Berthieu

Saint James Berthieu

He was a Jesuit missionary killed in Madagascar during the Malagasy rebellion of 1896, when he preferred martyrdom to giving in to repeated requests to deny the faith.

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Saint Anthony Maria Gianelli

Saint Anthony Maria Gianelli

Founder of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Garden, was an admirable example of a priest and bishop

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Saint Norbert

Saint Norbert

The founder of the Premonstratensian Order was born into a family belonging to the high nobility. For about thirty years he was mostly attracted to the worldly life, until an event in 1115...

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Saint Boniface

Saint Boniface

Called the Apostle of Germany, he played a decisive role in the Christianization of Central Europe

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Most Holy Trinity

Most Holy Trinity

Fides omnium christianorum in Trinitate consistit, “the faith of all Christians rests on the Trinity”, Saint Augustine taught about the greatest mystery that exists.

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Ugandan Holy Martyrs

Ugandan Holy Martyrs

Today the Church celebrates the memory of saint Charles Lwanga and other 21 Catholic martyrs killed on different days between 1885 and 1887 and proclaimed saints all together in October 1964 by Paul VI

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Saints Marcellinus and Peter

Saints Marcellinus and Peter

They were martyred during Diocletian's persecutions

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Saint Justin

Saint Justin

Benedict XVI has described him as "the most important apologist of the second century"

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Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

St Francis de Sales extolled Mary’s solicitude towards Elizabeth: “Charity and humility are not perfect unless they pass from God to neighbour. It is not possible to love God whom we do not see, if we do not love the people we see. This part is fulfilled in the Visitation”.

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Saint Joan of Arc

Saint Joan of Arc

The story of Saint Joan of Arc (1412-1431) is the most compelling demonstration that nothing is impossible to God, and reveals His tangible intervention in the history of man, through the humble who surrender themselves to His will

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Mary Mother of the Church

Mary Mother of the Church

This title was defined during the Second Vatican Council, but is based on two thousand years of Christianity

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Saint Paul VI

Saint Paul VI

His ministry culminated in the 15 years of his pontificate at one of the most difficult times for the Church

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