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San Giuseppe Moscati

Saints Giuseppe Moscati, physician, David Uribe, Mexican, and Julius I, pope

On April 12, the Catholic liturgy celebrates the Italian lay physician St. Giuseppe Moscati, St. Julius I, Pope, defender of the faith, and the martyred Mexican priest St. David Uribe, among other saints and blessed.  

Rafael Miner

Wawel Cathedral, Krakow.

St. Stanislaus of Krakow, and Blesseds Elena Guerra and Sancha of Portugal

On April 11, the Church celebrates St. Stanislaus, bishop of Krakow, martyr, who defended the freedom of the Church and Christian customs. Also the Blessed Elena Guerra, Italian, and Sancha of Portugal, and the English Blessed Jorge Gervase. St. Gemma Galgani died on April 11, 1903, but her main feast day is May 14.  

Rafael Miner

Brothers of St. John of God.

The first Colombian Blessed, Polish Zukowski, and Magdalena Canossa

On April 10, the Church celebrates the first Colombian Blesseds, seven martyrs during the religious persecution of the Spanish Civil War. Also the Polish Franciscan Boniface Zukowski, one of the martyrs of World War II beatified by St. John Paul II. In addition, the Italian saint Magdalena Canossa.  

Rafael Miner

Saint Casilda of Toledo.

Saint Casilda of Toledo, daughter of the emir, was converted in Burgos.

The liturgy celebrates on April 9 St. Casilda of Toledo, daughter of the emir, possibly Almamun. She brought food and medicine to Christians in prisons, and converted to Christianity in Burgos. Women with sterility and gynecological ailments pray to St. Casilda.  

Rafael Miner

St. Dionysius of Corinth.

St. Dionysius of Corinth, St. Julia Billiart and Martyrs of Antioch

The Church celebrates on April 8 the bishop of the late second century St. Dionysius of Corinth (Greece), a person of great apostolic zeal. Also the French saint Julia Billiart, the prophet St. Justus, and four martyrs of Antioch (Syria then, now Turkey), among other saints and blessed.  

Rafael Miner

St. John Baptist de la Salle

St. John Baptist de La Salle, Founder of the Christian Schools

On April 7, the liturgy celebrates Saint John Baptist de La Salle, French priest, theologian and pedagogue, founder with other teachers of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, and of the La Salle educational works, spread in more than 80 countries.  

Rafael Miner

Centenary of Our Lady of Fatima, 2017

Miracles of the Virgin Mary and nature: 'the sun danced', snowfalls, flowers…

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Saint Maximilian Kolbe.

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Diane Foley

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The Tears of Saint Lawrence

The Tears of Saint Lawrence: When the Stars Remember a Martyr

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Co-founder of Acutis AI

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