Saint of the Day

Feast of the Immaculate Conception; Saint of the Day, December 8

"The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human rac...

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Saint Francis Xavier; Apostle of the Indies and co-patron of Foreign Missions

St. Francis Xavier was a Navarrese-Basque Roman Catholic missionary born in the Kingdom of Navarre on April 7, 1506. His father was a privy counsellor and finance minister to King John III of Navar...

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Saint Laverius

Martyrs of Vietnam

The Vietnamese Martyrs are various groups of martyrs, also called the Martyrs of Annam, who were slain for the faith in Vietnam from 1798 until 1861. Between 1798 and 1853, sixty-four were martyred...

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