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Valentine's Day image.

Saints Cyril and Methodius, co-patron saints of Europe, and St. Valentine, martyr

Saints Cyril and Methodius, brothers, spread the Christian message in Eastern Europe, which is why St. John Paul II proclaimed them co-patrons of Europe. The Church celebrates them today, February 14, together with St. Zeno and St. Valentine, martyrs. The latter is considered the patron saint of lovers.    

Rafael Miner

Giavani Cairo

Giavani Cairo, The Chosen actor, tells how the series rekindled his faith

Actor Giavani Cairo, who plays the apostle Judas Thaddeus, was raised Catholic but fell away from his faith. He rediscovered it while still acting in Los Angeles.

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Tomb of Santa Eulalia in the cathedral of Barcelona.

The martyrs of Abitinia and St. Eulalia of Barcelona, witnesses to the faith

Today the Church celebrates the 49 holy martyrs of Abitinia or Abitina, today's Tunisia, caught in the Eucharist in defiance of the imperial prohibition. One of them answered before dying: "Sine dominico non possumus" (without Sunday we cannot live). Barcelona commemorates Saint Eulalia, virgin and martyr.  

Rafael Miner

Juli

The Peruvian bishop who multiplied by 4 the number of priests in his diocese in 13 years

Monsignor José María Ortega, Bishop of the Diocese of Juli in Peru, explains that the first task he undertook after his appointment was to get to know and care for priests. Thanks to his work, he has managed to increase the number of priests in his diocese fourfold in just thirteen years.

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Grotto of Massabielle, in Lourdes, where Our Lady appeared to Bernadette.

Our Lady of Lourdes, Health of the Sick

The feast of Our Lady of Lourdes is celebrated on February 11. The story began in the 19th century when little Bernadette Soubirous received a visit from the Virgin Mary. To her questions about who she was, the Virgin replied: "I am the Immaculate Conception". Today is the XXXIII World Day of the Sick.  

Loreto Rios

St. Josephine Bakhita, ancient image on the façade of St. Peter's Basilica.

St. Josephine Bakhita, patron saint of trafficking victims

On February 8, the Church celebrates St. Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese woman enslaved as a child who, after her liberation, consecrated herself to Jesus Christ as a Canossian nun in Italy. She is the patroness of Sudan. Today she is invoked in a special way, as it is the 11th World Day of Prayer and Reflection against Human Trafficking. It is also the feast of St. Jerome Emilianus, patron of orphans.  

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.

Saints of Auschwitz: Kolbe, Stein, Salesians… The goal: education

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Diane Foley

Diane Foley: "I could not have endured the murder of our son without my faith in God"«

Teresa Aguado Peña

The Tears of Saint Lawrence

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

Teresa Aguado Peña

Co-founder of Acutis AI

Acutis AI: This Is How Leo XIV Wants Us to Experience the AI Revolution

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