artwork. One of the pieces created for a former Rosary Crusade, which was based on the Native American Saint Kateri Tekakwitha is part of the Vatican Collection in Rome. This year’s painting “With the Queen

person, as a last resort, to deliver prisoners for whom a ransom could not be raised. Some great saints who honored this commitment include St Serapion of Algiers (eviscerated, dismembered and slaughtered

completing in this way her participation in all the essential moments of the paschal mystery. Pope Saint John Paul II General Audience, Wednesday, May 21, 1997

to him, "Understand and know for certain, my dearest and humblest son, that I am the ever-virgin Saint Mary, Mother of God, The One Great God of Truth, Ipalnemohuani (The One Who Gives Life), the Creator

Jew sought to embarrass Abraam and quoted the famous verse where the Lord, Jesus Christ, said in Saint Matthew (17:20): "Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to

everyone believes. If they hadn't imprisoned you in town, the miracle would have been far more known. Saint Joseph will come with the Child Jesus to give peace to the world. Our Lord will come to bless the

5, 1640. On April 22, 1641, the municipality of Calanda chose Our Lady of the Pilar as its patron saint. On April 27, Bishop Apaolaza, Archbishop of Zaragoza, declared: "We say, vote and declare that Juan

was saved and Pope Pius IX gave it to the Redemptorists on April 26, 1866--who had the church of Saint Alphonsus rebuilt where the Church of St Matthew was formerly located. The Pope added solemnly: "Make

That’s the secret of sanctity. So many of the saints speak about conforming our will to God’s. Mary did that perfectly. Jesus did that perfectly. Many of the saints did that perfectly. And yet, it’s so difficult

the air. Marking this milestone anniversary of the declaration of Our Lady of Loreto as the patron saint of aviation and aviators, Pope Francis earlier this year conceded a Lauretan Jubilee for all air travelers