Morning Catholic must-reads: 27/04/11
An American woman has claimed that she was miraculously cured of eyelid spasms as a result of the intercession of John Paul II. The population of Rome is expected to increase by a million this weekend...
View ArticleThe former child slave who served as a Sister for 50 years
Josephine Bakhita (1869-1947) became the first person from Africa to be canonised since the fall of the Roman Empire. She was born in the western Sudanese region of Darfur at Olgossa, where her uncle...
View Article‘Build bridges not walls’: Pope Francis reiterates message on migrants
During his general audience, Francis made reference to the feast day of St Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese immigrant
View ArticleWalther’s Saints of the Week: 4 – 10 February
Including the king who relinquished his throne and the martyr who threw herself onto a fire
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 27/04/11
An American woman has claimed that she was miraculously cured of eyelid spasms as a result of the intercession of John Paul II. The population of Rome is expected to increase by a million this weekend...
View ArticleThe former child slave who served as a Sister for 50 years
Josephine Bakhita (1869-1947) became the first person from Africa to be canonised since the fall of the Roman Empire. She was born in the western Sudanese region of Darfur at Olgossa, where her uncle...
View Article‘Build bridges not walls’: Pope Francis reiterates message on migrants
Pope Francis repeated his appeal for people to build bridges of understanding at his weekly audience at the Vatican. The Pope also commented that Wednesday marked both the Church’s day of reflection...
View ArticleWalther’s Saints of the Week: 4 – 10 February
Sunday, February 4 St Joan of Valois Apart from the always delightful A.N. Wilson, the greatest modern booster of poor Sir Walter Scott was Pope John Paul I. This pontiff, who preferred literature to...
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