work, found themselves just across from a church, when they saw a "lady dressed in white" kneeling near the cross at the top of the dome. These apparitions continued for months. The apparitions were preceded

life, and be committed to doing the will of the Father. Lord, grant that all missionaries, far and near, all the young people who feel called to evangelize, all those who serve the poor and the suffering

protection of the Christian world from the Turkish threat. On that day, the Turkish fleet was defeated near Lepanto, Greece. The victory was attributed to the praying of the Rosary. A liturgical feast was

of Mary (La Flèche, France) The chapel of miracles remained completely intact In Orléans (France), near the Loire River, the parish church of Saint Paul had a side chapel called "Our Lady of Miracles" with

Mary (1942) She has always saved us! Marshal Foch, a general in the French army, was born in Tarbes, near Lourdes, in 1851. As a child, he met Bernadette Soubirous and even played with her once. At 20, he

Lourdes (France, 1858), she appeared on three different days in the small town of Champion, Wisconsin, near the Great Lakes. More than 150 years separate these apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the [...] they wore the Franciscan habit. In the 1860s, they started a school, St Mary’s Boarding Academy, near the chapel. Over the decades, the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help became a familiar part of life in

incorrupt. His body is now exposed, through a glass window, to the many pilgrims who come to pray near his tomb in Assisi, Italy. They have dressed him in jeans, a polo shirt and sneakers. This is reminiscent

occasion of the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War (1950-1953), which resulted in nearly two million deaths, Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul, capital of South Korea and

custom for popes to venerate the statue on December 8th. Pope Pius XII was the first to do so, walking nearly two miles from the Vatican. Adapted from Catholic News Agency

Blessed Virgin Mary," Joan would tell her judges. As a child, Saint Joan loved to visit a rustic church near her home dedicated to the Virgin Mary called Our Lady of Bermont. Marquis de la Franquerie, La Vierge