In the pantheon of Catholic saints, few stories capture the heart quite like that of Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two young Portuguese shepherds whose lives were forever changed by heavenly visions 23. These remarkable siblings, canonized by Pope Francis in 2017, hold the unique distinction of being the youngest non-martyred saints in the history of the … Read more
How a wealthy skeptic’s twenty-minute encounter with the Virgin Mary in a Roman churchtransformed him from fierce opponent to devoted priest In the bustling streets of nineteenth-century Rome, countless visitors wandered through ancientchurches as mere tourists, admiring art and architecture with detached curiosity. But on Januarytwentieth, eighteen forty-two, one such visitor experienced something that would … Read more
In a prison cell in southern Spain, a young woman clutched a rosary and whispered her final prayer. She had no formal education. She was illiterate. She had never even entered a church. Yet in the final moments of her life, Emilia Fernández Rodríguez—a Romani basket weaver—chose faith over fear, silence over betrayal, and became … Read more
