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Christians in India Suffer More Than Two Attacks a Day - ZENIT - English : In the first half of the year, 400 episodes of violence have taken place.

The Parable of the Merchant of Precious Pearls Explained by the Pope (With Concrete Questions To Be Applied in Life) - ZENIT - English : Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, July 30, 2023.

SAINTS FOR JULY 31 Bl. Everard Hanse, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr, raised a Protestant in Northhamptonshire, England, studied at Cambridge, and was ordained a minister. In 1568, he converted to the Church and went to Reims, France, where he was ordained in 1581. Returning as a missionary, Everard was arrested and condemned. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn on July 31 ST. JUSTIN DE JACOBIS OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE MISSION, BISHOP OF ABISSINIA St. Neot, Hermit , and relative of King Alfred the Great. A monk of Glastonbury, England, he was ordained before he departed to become a hermit in Cornwall. Tradition states that King Alfred visited him for his counsel. ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA, PRIEST, FOUNDER OF THE JESUITS- Thanks to a broken leg, this fame-seeking solider became the founder of the Society of Jesus, or the Jesuits, drawing from his own experience nearly unparalleled insight into the spiritual life. His feast day is celebrated on July 31.

SAINTS FOR JULY 30 Bl. Thomas Abel, 1540 A.D. English martyr . A graduate of Oxford University, Thomas served as chaplain to Queen Catharine of Aragon, proving intensely loyal to her cause during the ordeal of the divorce proceedings against her by King Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547). Arrested by English authorities for denying the spiritual supremacy of the king, he was incarcerated in the Tower of London for six years, finally receiving execution at Smithfield. He was beatified in 1886. Bl. Edward Powell, 1504 A.D. English martyr , a councilor to Queen Catherine of Aragon, wife of King Henry VIII. A Welshman, Edward was a canon of Salisbury, England, and a fellow of Odd, noted for treatises opposing Martin Luther. He served Queen Catherine of Aragon and opposed the spiritual supremacy of Henry VIII. For this he spent six years in prison before being hanged, drawn, and quartered at Smithfield, London. He was beatified in 1886. Bl. Richard Featherstone, 1540 A.D. Engli...

SAINTS FOR JULY 29 St. Martha Wang, Roman Catholic Martyr of Tonkin, Vietnam, who was arrested carrying letters from the imprisoned martyrs, Blesseds Joseph Tshang and Paul Tcheng. She was beheaded with them at Tsingai. Feastday July 29th. ST. BEATRICE OF ROME-Beatrice (or Viatrice, the feminine form of the Latin viator, “traveler”), is a Roman martyr. She died during the persecutions of Diocletian between 303 and 304. She is celebrated on 29 July together with the saints Simplicius, Faustinus and Rufus, also martyrs. ST. MARTHA, DISCIPLE OF THE LORD Bl. Urban II , Urban supported the Christian conquest of Spain from the Moors, and at the council of Claremont in 1095, he declared the Truce of God and preached the first crusade. Feastday 7/29 St. Kilian , 7th century. An Irish abbot who wrote the life of St. Brigid. He ruled a monastery on the island of Iniscaltra, Ireland.

SAINTS FOR JULY 28 STS. NAZARIO AND CELSO, MARTYRS IN MILAN St. Innocent I, Roman Catholic Pope, succeeding Pope St. Anastasius I, on December 22, 401. Innocent emphasized papal supremacy and strongly favored clerical celibacy. Feastday July 28th. B. URBAN II, POPE ST. VICTOR I, POPE St. Alphonsa, Roman Catholic Nun, Patron against illness. Feastday July 28 St. Samson, 565 A.D . Welsh bishop and evangelizer. Born at Glamorgan, Wales, he became a disciple of St. Illtyd at the monastery of Lianwit (Llantwit) in southern Glamorgan and then lived as a monk (and later abbot) of a community on Caldey Island (Ynys Byr). He was joined there by his uncle, Umbrafel, and his father, Amon. After a trip to Ireland, Samson became a hermit with Amon whom he cured of a mortal illness. During a trip to Cornwall, he was consecrated a bishop and appointed an abbot. He then departed England and went to Brittany where he spent the rest of his life as a missionary, even though he had long sea...

SAINTS FOR JULY 27 ST. PANTALEON, PHYSICIAN, MARTYR Sts. Natalie & Aurelius, Roman Catholic Martyr for her Faith with her husband Aurelius . According to his biography by St. Eulogius of Toledo, Aurelius was the son of a Moor and a Spanish woman, and was orphaned as a child. He was secretly raised a Christian by his aunt during the Moorish persecution of Christians. He married a half Moorish woman, Sabigotho, who took the name Natalie when he converted her to Christianity. They were both beheaded for practicing their religion openly together with George, a monk from Jerusalem whom Aurelius had befriended. FeastdayJuly 27th Bl. Rudolf Acquaviva, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and Martyr. he was the nephew of Claudius Acquaviva, the fifth master general of the Jesuits, and he followed his uncle into the Society of Jesus. In 1549, he was sent to India, going to the court of Mogul Akbar near Agra. He became superior of the Salsette mission. Rudolf was martyred at Salsette, ne...

SAINTS FOR JULY 26 Bl. William Ward, 1641 A.D. Martyr of England . Born in Westmorland, England, he went to Douai, France, in 1604, where he studied and received ordination in 1608. Upon returning home to England, William was forced to land in Scotland and was arrested and imprisoned for three years. He was released and went on to England, where he spent twenty of his thirty-three years as a missionary in prison. When Catholic priests were banished on April 7, 1641, William was arrested. On July 26, he was executed at Tyburn. Bl. John Ingram, 1594 A.D. Martyr of Scotland . He was born in Stoke Edith, Herefordshire, in 1565, and became a convert at Oxford. After conversion, he went to Reims and Rome and was ordained in 1589. Sent to Scotland in 1592, John was arrested on the Tyneside and taken to the Tower of London, where he was tortured Martyred at Gateshead, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered. Bl. Andrew of Phu Yen, "Protomartyr of Vietnam" After refusing to...

SAINTS FOR JULY 25 St. James the Greater Roman Catholic Apostle and is the patron saint of Spain and, according to legend, his remains are held in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. Feastday July 25 ST. CHRISTOPHER, MARTYR -St Christopher was martyred during the persecution of the Roman Emperor, Trajan Decius. His name means Christ-bearer and his feast-day is celebrated on July 25th. St. Theodemir, Roman Catholic Monk and Martyr of Spain. He was martyred at Cordoba under Muslim Emir Abd al-Rahman II (r. 822-852), because he would not recant his Christian faith. Feastday July 25 St. Lewina, 5th century. Martyred virgin of England , a Briton slain by invading Saxons. In 1058, her relics were translated from Seaford, in Sussex, England, to Berques in Flanders, Belgium. St. Nissen . Abbot and an Irishman, he was converted by St. Patrick and later became abbot of Mountgarret monastery in Wexford.

SAINTS FOR JULY 24 St. John Boste, 1594 A.D. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born at Dufton, at Westmoreland, England, and studied at Oxford. Becoming a Catholic in 1576, he went to Reims and received ordination in 1581. John went back to England where he worked in the northern parts of the kingdom and became the object of a massive manhunt. He was betrayed, arrested, and taken to London. There he was crippled on the rack and returned to Dryburn near Durham. On July 24, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered. John was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970 as a martyr of Durham. Sts. Wulfhade and Ruffinus , 7th century. Wulfhade and Ruffinus (d.c. seventh century). Martyrs of England. Little is known about them with any certainty, although according to tradition they were two princes of Mercia who were baptized by St. Chad and were swiftly executed by their pagan father. They were martyred at Stone, Staffordshire Bl. Maria Pilar Martinez Garcia & Companions...

SAINTS FOR JULY 23 Sts. Rasyphus and Ravennus, 5th century. Martyrs. They came from Britain, fleeing the islands upon the invasions by the Anglo Saxons. Settling in Gaul, they became hermits and were martyred, perhaps by Arian Goths who were advancing through the West. Their relics are enshrined in the cathedral of Bayeux. Martyrs of Bulgaria, Roman Catholic Martyrs caught in the war between the Byzantine Empire and the pagan Bulgars. Many were slain in battle, while others were put to death for the faith. Feastday July 23 Saint John Cassian (c. 360 – 435 AD), John the Ascetic, or John Cassian the Roman was a Christian monk and theologian celebrated in both the Western and Eastern Churches for his mystical writings. Cassian is noted for his role in bringing the ideas and practices of Christian monasticism to the early medieval West. Feastday July 23 ST. BRIDGET, RELIGIOUS, PATRON OF EUROPE (1303 – 23 July 1373); born as Birgitta Birgersdotter, was a mystic and saint, and ...

SAINTS FOR JULY 22 Sts. Philip Evans and John Lloyd. Philip Evans was born at Monmouth in 1645, was educated at SaintOmer, and joined the Society of Jesus at the age of twenty. In 1675 he was ordained at Liege and sent to South Wales. He was soon well known for his zeal, but no active notice was taken by the authorities until the scare of Oates plot, when in the November of 1678 John Arnold, of Llanvihangel Court near Abergavenny, a justice of the peace and hunter of priests, offered a reward of £200 for his arrest. Father Evans refused to leave his flock, and early in December was caught at the house of Christopher Turberville at Sker in Glamorgan. He refused the oath and was confined alone in an underground dungeon in Cardiff Castle. Two or three weeks afterwards he was joined by Mr. John Lloyd, a secular priest, who had been taken at Penlline in Glamorgan. He was a Breconshire man, who had taken the missionary oath at Valladolid in 1649 and been sent to minister in his own co...

SAINTS FOR JULY 21 ST. PRAXEDES, MARTYR IN THE CHURCH SHE FOUNDED ON THE ESQUILINO St. Julia of Troyes, Roman Catholic Martyr of Troyes, France. Taken captive by the Romans, she was given to Claudius, a soldier. Julia converted him to Christ, and they were beheaded as martyrs. Feastday July 21 ST. LAWRENCE OF BRINDISI, CAPUCHIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH - Lawrence entered the Capuchin order when he was only 16. He was entrusted with important missions by Popes as well as secular princes. He died in Lisbon in 1619, and was canonized by Leo XIII in 1881. In 1959, St John XXIII declared St Lawrence a Doctor of the Church. ST. EZECHIEL, PROPHET

SAINTS FOR JULY 20 ST. APOLLINARIS, BISHOP OF RAVENNA AND MARTYR St. Paul of St. Zoilus, Roman Catholic Spanish martyr . Paul was a deacon of Cordoba, Spain, and a member of the community of St. Zoilus in that city. He devoted much of his effort to bringing aid to those Christians imprisoned by Muslim officials. Seized by members of the ruling Islamic government, he was beheaded. Feastday July 20 ST. AURELIUS, BISHOP OF CARTHAGE -Aurelius was Bishop of Carthage at the end of the 4th century. At the time, the churches of North Africa were split by the Donatist schism. Supported by the St Augustine, Aurelius worked to heal the division. He made sure that all his efforts were in harmony with the Roman Church. He died in 430. ST. ELIJAH, PROPHET St. Etheidwitha. Widowed queen of King Alfred the Great of England . She was an Anglo-Saxon princess, also called Ealsitha. Etheldwitha founded a convent at Winchester in the Benedictine rule and became the abbess there.

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SAINTS FOR JULY 19 St. John Plessington, 1697 A.D. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born at Dimples, Lancashire, England, and the son of a Royalist Catholic. Educated at Valladolid, Spain, and St. Omer’s in France. he was ordained in Segovia in 1662. John returned to England after ordination and served as a missionary in Cheshire. He became a tutor at Puddington Hall near Chester until his arrest and martyrdom by hanging at Barrowshill, Boughton. near Chester. Pope Paul VI canonized him in 1970. Sts. Justa and Rufina, Roman Catholic Virgins and Martyrs (Feast - July 19) These martyrs were two Christian women at Seville in Spain who maintained themselves by selling earthenware. Not to concur in idolatrous superstitions, they refused to sell vessels for the use of heathen ceremonies and when the worshipers broke up their stock-in-trade, Justa and Rufina retorted by overthrowing the image of a false goddess. Whereupon the people impeached them for their fait...

St. Elsewhere: Italy’s New Religion of the Internet https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/st-elsewhere-italys-new-religion-of-the-internet?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare

The Trans Controversy: American Bishops Face a Divided Nation and a Divided Church https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-trans-controversy-american-bishops-face-a-divided-nation-and-a-divided-church?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare

SAINTS FOR JULY 18 St. Theodosia of Constantinople, Roman Catholic Nun and Marty r at the monastery of St. Anastasia. She led a group of nuns in defense of the icon of Christ which hung over the main door of the community when soldiers were sent to enforce the decrees of the Iconoclast emperors Leo Ill the Isaurian and Constantine V. Theodosia and twelve other nuns were arrested and tortured; Theodosia died of her grievous injuries while in prison. Feastday: July 18 St. Marina, Roman Catholic Martyr of Orense, in Spanish Galicia, Spain.Marina and her sisters were baptized by the bishop of Braga Saint Ovidius (Ovid, Ovidio) and brought up in the Christian faith. When they were twenty, they were accused of being Christians and brought before their father the governor. He recognized them as his own daughters, and asked them to renounce their faith, promising them luxuries. The sisters refused and were imprisoned. They managed to escape and were ultimately martyred for their faith...

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SAINTS FOR JULY 17 Roman Catholic Carmelite Nuns of Compiegne, Sixteen Carmelites caught up in the French Revolution and martyred .They went to the guillotine singing the Salve Regina. They were beatified in 1906 by Pope St. Pius X. The Carmelites were: Marie Claude Brard; Madeleine Brideau, the subprior; Maire Croissy, grandniece of Colbert Marie Dufour; Marie Hanisset; Marie Meunier, a novice; Rose de Neufville Annette Pebras; Anne Piedcourt: Madeleine Lidoine, the prioress; Angelique Roussel; Catherine Soiron and Therese Soiron, both extern sisters, natives of Compiegne and blood sisters: Anne Mary Thouret; Marie Trezelle; and Eliza beth Verolot. The martyrdom of the nuns was immortalized by the composer Francois Poulenc in his famous opera Dialogues des Carmelites. Feastday July 17 ST. ALEXIUS -Several legends revolve around the figure of St Alexius. He is said to have lived as a beggar under a staircase of his own house, unrecognized by his family. After his death, his ident...

SAINTS FOR JULY 16 St. Athenogenes, Roman Catholic Bishop and Martyr, Burnt alive with ten disciples at Sebaste. He is the author of the earliest known Christian hymn recorded outside of the Bible that is still in use today. Feastday July 16 St. Helier , 6th century. Martyr on the island of Jersey, Britain. Also called Helerous, he was murdered by pagans he was evangelizing. He was born in Tongres, Belgium, and raised by a priest; later, he spent time with St. Marculf at Nanteuil. St. Tenenan , 7th century. Hermit and bishop. A native of Britain, he lived for many years as a recluse in Brittany, France, and later served as bishop of Le6n, Spain. St. Mary Magdalen Postel, Roman Catholic Nun . Marie Magdalen Postel is remembered for sheltering fugitive priests during the tumult of the French Revolution, then educating girls. Baptized as Julia Frances Catherine, she was educated with the Benedectine Order at a Valognes convent. When only 18 years old, she founded a girls sc...

SAINTS FOR JULY 15 Bl. Alphonsus de Vaena, Bl. James Andrade, Bl. Joanninus de San Juan, Bl. John Fernandez, Bl. Nicholas Dinnis, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priests and Martyrs, In 1570 he joined the band of Jesuits led by Ignatius de Azevedo assigned to the West Indies. On board the ship, the Jesuits were put to death by the captain of the vessel, who was a Protestant Huguenot. Feastday July 15 ST. BONAVENTURE OF BAGNOREGIO, CARDINAL, BISHOP OF ALBAN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH ST. POMPILIO M. PIROTTI, PIARIST St. Athanasius, Bishop and victim of political turmoil. He was born about 830, the son of the duke of Naples, and he spent his younger years repairing the city, which had suffered during the Saracen occupation. He also ransomed Christians from Islamic captors. Feastday July 15 St. Swithun "Swithin". Swithun, also spelled Swithin, was born in Wessex, England and was educated at the old monastery, Winchester, where he was ordained. He became chaplain to King Egbert ...

The Pope’s Accounts: The Countries that Contribute Most and How the Money Is Spent that the Pope Receives - ZENIT - English : In 2022 the income of the San Pedro Pence amounted to 107 million euros, of which 95.5 million euros were used for different works.

SAINTS FOR JULY 14 Bl. Richard Langhorne, 1679 A.D. English martyr . Born in Bedfordshire, he was educated at the Inner Temple and worked as a lawyer. He was arrested in 1667, released in 1679, and then arrested again as a conspirator in the so-called “Popish Plot.” He was hanged at Tybum on July 14. Richard was beatified in 1929. Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, 1680 A.D. Patron of the environment and ecology. Kateri was born near the town of Auriesville, New York, in the year 1656, the daughter of a Mohawk warrior. She was four years old when her mother died of smallpox. The disease also attacked Kateri and transfigured her face. She was adopted by her two aunts and an uncle. Kateri became converted as a teenager. She was baptized at the age of twenty and incurred the great hostility of her tribe. Although she had to suffer greatly for her Faith, she remained firm in it. Kateri went to the new Christian colony of Indians in Canada. Here she lived a life dedicated to prayer, pen...

“Atheism in legislation, indifference in matters of religion, and the pernicious maxims which go under the name of Liberal Catholicism are the true causes of the destruction of states; they have been the ruin of France. Believe me, the evil I denounce is more terrible than the Revolution, more terrible even than The Commune. I have always condemned Liberal Catholicism, and I will condemn it again forty times over if it be necessary” (Pope Pius IX). What Is Bastille Day? Celebrated each year on July 14th, Bastille Day recalls the storming of the Bastille, a medieval fortress and political prison in the center of Paris, that represented the royal authority. While the prison, at the time of its storming on July 14, 1789, had only seven prisoners, its fall is frequently reckoned as the start of the French Revolution. Today it remains a national holiday in France, commemorated with parades, celebrations and fireworks. The French Revolution was aimed at the destruction of “Altar and Throne...

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China’s Digital Authoritarianism Is Coming Our Way https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/chinas-digital-authoritarianism-is-coming-our-way?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare

With the Sexual Revolution, There Is No Slippery Slope https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/with-the-sexual-revolution-there-is-no-slippery-slope?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare

U.S. Bishops’ International Justice and Peace Chairman on the Status of Bishop Alvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua - ZENIT - English : “I particularly commend the recent Interamerican Court of Human Rights’ ruling mandating the immediate release of Bishop Alvarez. The consensus from the international community is clear: the continued incarceration of Bishop Alvarez is unjust and must end as soon as posible”, say Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford.

SAINTS FOR JULY 13 Bl. Thomas Tunstal, 1616 A.D. English martyr . Born in Whinfell, near Kendal, Westmoreland, he studied for the priesthood at Douai, France, and was ordained there in 1609. The next year he returned to England but was arrested almost immediately upon his arrival. Escaping, Thomas was recaptured and taken to Norwich where he spent six years in confinement until finally being hanged, drawn, and quartered. While in prison, he joined the Benedictine Order. St. Dogfan, 5th century. Welsh martyr , descended from chieftain Brychan of Brecknock. He was slain by pagan invaders at Dyfed, Wales. A church there honors his memory. St. Teresa de los Andes, Roman Catholic Carmelite Nun , also known as Saint Teresa of Jesus of Los Andes. 100,000 pilgrims who visit each year the shrine where her remains are venerated in the Shrine of Saint Teresa of Los Andes in the township of Los Andes, 60 miles (100 km.) from Santiago. She is Chile's first saint, and is specially p...

SAINTS FOR JULY 12 Bl. David Gonson, 1541 A.D. Martyred English knight of St. John . He was the son of a British viceadmiral. David was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Southwark. St. John Jones, 1598 A.D. Franciscan member of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales . He was born in Clynog Fawr, Gwynedd, Wales, and left the island for Rome where he became a Franciscan. He was ordained and returned to England in 1592, where he used the alias Buckley to assist his work. Arrested by English authorities for caring for the prisoners of London, he was kept in confinement for two years. John was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Southwark, London. Pope Paul VI canonized him in 1970. St. John Wall, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr , and imprisoned for five months. He was martyred by being hanged, drawn, and quartered at Redhill. Feastday July12 STS. NABOR AND FELIX, MARTYRS OF MILAN Bl. Monica Naisen, Roman Catholic laywoman and Japanese Martyr. she was arrested for sheltering ...

SAINTS FOR JULY 11 St. Abundius , Roman Catholic Priest and Marty r of Spain who faced Islamic persecution. Abundius, who was a pastor in Ananelos, was arrested in Córdoba, Spain, when he refused to abandon his Christian faith. Brought before the Caliph, the Muslim ruler of the city, he preached about Christianity and the Church. the Caliph condemned him and beheaded him. Feastday July 11 St. Oliver Plunkett , 1681 A.D. Oliver Plunkett was born in Loughcrew in County Meath, Ireland on November 1, 1625. In 1647, he went to study for the priesthood in the Irish College in Rome. On January 1, 1654, he was ordained a priest in the Propaganda College in Rome. Due to religious persecution in his native land, it was not possible for him to return to minister to his people. Oliver taught in Rome until 1669, when he was appointed Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland. Archbishop Plunkett soon established himself as a man of peace and, with religious fervor, set about visiting his pe...

SAINTS FOR JULY 10 STS. RUFINA AND SECUNDA, MARTYRS ON THE VIA CORNELIA -Sts Rufina and Secunda lived in the 3rd century. They were engaged to be married, but their fiancés renounced Christ for fear of the persecutions. Rufina and Secunda then took vows of virginity. Enraged, their former fiancés denounced them as Christians. They were martyred around the year 260. STS. ANATOLIA AND VICTORIA, MARTYRS St. Peter Tu, Roman Catholic Martyr , a Vietnamese who became a catechist and was arrested by authorities. He was beheaded. Feastday: July 10 Bl. Emmanuel Ruiz. Martyr with eleven companions in Lebanon . A Spanish Franciscan, Emmanuel and the others were caught up in the rising of the Druses in Lebanon. The Franciscan community, eight in number, and three Maronite laymen were slain by the Islamic rebels. 1860 A.D. He was beatified in 1926. Martyrs of Damascus . Eight Franciscan and three Maronite martyrs slain in a Druse uprising in 1860 in Damascus, Syria. When they refus...

SAINTS FOR JULY 09 Martyrs of Gorkum , A group of nineteen martyrs put to death with great cruelty by Protestant Calvinists in Gorkum, Holland. There were ten Franciscans, two Premonstratensians, a Dominican, a Canon Regular, four secular priests, and one layman in the group.July 9 St. Adrian Van Hilvarenbeek, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr . One of the Martyrs of Gorkum, Adrian was arrested with Jacob Lacops and Andreas Wouters. The three were taken to Briel and charged with refusing to deny papal supremacy in religious matters and for teaching others about the Blessed Sacrament. Feastday: July 9 Bl. Adrian Fortescue, Roman Catholic English Martyr , he refused to take the Oath of Supremacy supporting Henry VIII' s separation for Rome, Adrian was placed in the Tower of London. Permitted no trial and condemned by Parliament, Adrian was beheaded along with Thomas Dinglay. Feastday July9 STS. AUGUSTINE ZHAO RONG, PRIEST AND COMPANIONS, CHINESE MARTYRS -St. Augustine Zha...

Sts. Augustine Zhao Rong, priest and Companions, Chinese Martyrs - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/07/09/sts--augustine-zhao-rong--priest-and-companions--chinese-martyrs.html

SAINTS FOR JULY 08 St. Maria Chaira, and St. Marie Adolphine Dierks Roman Catholic Chinese Martyrs . The Roman Catholic Church recognizes 120 Catholics who died between 1648 and 1930 as its "Martyr Saints of China". Feastday July 8 St. Jeanne-Marie Kerguin - She joined the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in 1887, with the name Marie Santa Natalia. She was beheaded on July 9, 1900, at at Taiyuanfu, China. Feastday July 8 St. Grimbald, Roman Catholic Benedictine abbot also called Grimwald, invited to England by King Alfred in 885. Grimbald arrived in England and declined the see of Canterbury, preferring to remain a monk. He became the abbot of New Minster Abbey at Winchester appointed by King Edward the Elder. Grimbald is credited with restoring learning to England. Feastday July 8 Bl. Peter the Hermit . A renowned hermit and founder. Originally a soldier, he is said in tradition to have become a hermit in the Holy Land before returning to the West to help preach the...

Armed group killed children in a Ugandan school while chanting their evening prayers - ZENIT - English : Extremist rebel group ADF-NALU (Allied Democratic Forces – National Army for the Liberation of Uganda) ransacked an educational institute near the border with the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) last Friday (16th June), killing 38 students, a school security officer and three others. Six pupils were kidnapped.

SAINTS FOR JULY 07 St. Humphrey Lawrence, 1572-1591 A.D. Martyr of England. Born in Hampshire, he was a convert to Catholicism through the efforts of Jesuit missionaries. Humphrey openly called Queen Elizabeth I a heretic and she had him arrested immediately. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Winchester. Pope Pius XI beatified him in 1929. Bl. Ralph Milner, 1591 A.D. English martyr . He was born at Stocksteads, Hampshire, and was a convert. He was arrested the day he received his first Communion. A husbandman by trade, Ralph was allowed a leave from prison and aided priests and Catholics. He was executed at Winchester on July by being hanged, drawn, and quartered for giving assistance to Blessed Roger Dickenson. He was beatified in 1929. St. Ercongotha, 660 A.D. Benedictine nun, the daughter of a king of Kent and St. Sexburga. Also called Ercongota, she was a nun in Faremoutiers-en-Brie, France, at least for a short time, and possibly died there at a young age. S...

SAINTS FOR JULY 06 Martyrs of the Abrahamites, Roman Catholic monks who were members of the monastery founded by St. Abraham of Ephesus at Constantinople. The Abrahamites were defenders of icons and sacred images and were martyred by Emperor Theophilus, an Iconoclast. July 6 Bl. Thomas Alfield, 1585 A.D. English martyr . A native of Gloucester, he was educated at Eton and Cambridge. While raised as an Anglican, he eventually was converted to Catholicism and left England to study for the priesthood at Douai and Reims, France, receiving ordination in 1581. Returning to England, he was soon arrested while handing out copies of the polemic True and Modest Defence by Dr. Allen. Condemned, he was hanged at Tybum. Thomas was beatified in 1929. St. Noyala, Roman Catholic Virgin Martyr . She was beheaded at Beignan, Brittany Noyala walked from the site of her martyrdom to Pontivy, holding her head in her hands. July 6 St. Maria Goretti, Roman Catholic Virgin Martyr . One of the Churc...

Cardinal Parolin and human trafficking: new sculpture of St. Bakhita blessed - ZENIT - English : The Vatican Secretary of State was in charge of blessing the sculpture which evokes the figure of St. Josephine Bakhita with the intention of raising awareness of the problem of human trafficking.

Nicaragua: Ortega’s Police Raze Nuns’ House and Expels Them - ZENIT - English : This police intervention was possibly planned much earlier. According to La Gaceta, the Ministry of the Interior canceled its registration on Friday, June 30. It has been officially published on July 4, 2023.

Killings of Nigeriani Christians on the rise - ZENIT - English : The report Nigeria: Unfolding Genocide? highlights research by Open Doors showing that 89 percent of all Christians killed worldwide are in Nigeria and that the country’s government has “yet to respond adequately to the crisis”.

This is what the Pope asks of Catholics for the month of July: to put the Eucharist at the center of life - ZENIT - English : Pope Francis affirms that the Eucharist “gives us the courage to go out of ourselves, and to open ourselves to others with love.” Explaining that “it is Christ who offers Himself” in the Eucharist, Pope Francis asks “that our lives be nourished by Him and nourish the lives of our brothers and sisters.”

SAINTS FOR JULY 05 Saint Zoe of Rome, Roman Catholic Martyr. She was greatly devoted to St Peter, and was praying by his tomb when she was arrested for her faith. She died, stifled by smoke, being hung by her own hair, over a fire. Her body then was thrown into the River Tiber. Feastday: July 5 St. Edana , Irish saint venerated in western Ireland, sometimes called Etaoin. She lived near the Boyle and Shannon Rivers and a well bears her name. She may be confused with St. Modwenna. Sts. Fragan and Gwen , 5th century. The parents of Sts. Jacut, Guithem, and Winwaloe. Fragan and Gwen went to Brittany, France, to escape the pagan barbarians of England. Churches in Brittany were dedicated to each of them. ST. ANTONY M. ZACCARIA, PRIEST, FOUNDER OF THE BARNABITIS -Although he lived on 36 years, St Anthony had a profound effect on the Church of the 16th century. He founded the Barnabite community, and the associated Angelic Sisters of St Paul and the Laity of St Paul. Twice he was...

SAINTS FOR JULY 04 Bl. William Andleby, 1597 A.D. Martyr of England. Born at Eton, near Beverley, England, he studied at St. Johns College, Cambridge, and was converted to Catholicism on the way to fight the Spanish. He went to Douai, France, and was ordained in 1577. Returning home, he worked in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire for two decades. Arrested and condemned, he was executed at York with Thomas Warcop and two companions. He was beatified in 1929. Bl. Thomas Warcop, 1597 A.D. English martyr . A gentleman in Yorkshire, England, who sheltered Blessed William Andleby. He was arrested and condemned for giving this aid and hanged at York with three companions on July 4. Bl. Edward Fulthrop, 1597 A.D. An English martyr at Yorkshire. He reconciled to the faith and was martyred at York. Edward was beatified in 1929. St. Henry Abbot, Blessed, 1597 A.D. Martyr of England . A native of Howden, England, Henry became a convert to the Church and was duly arrested and hanged at Yor...

SAINTS FOR JULY 03 St. Eulogius and Companions Roman Catholic Martyrs of Constantinople , executed by Emperor Valens for opposing Arianism. Feastday: July 3 St. Philip Minh, Roman Catholic Priest and Vietnamese Martyr . Born in Vietnam, he joined the Society for Foreign Missions of Paris and was ordained a priest with the purpose of working for the Church in Vietnam. Seized by anti-Catholic forces, he was beheaded. Feastday July 3 St. Joseph Peter Uyen, Roman Catholic Dominican tertiary & Martyr of Vietnam . A native catechist, he died of abuse in prison for refusing to give up the faith. Feastday July 3 ST. THOMAS, APOSTLE ST. LEO II, POPE -St Leo was elected Pope in 682, but was not enthroned until 18 months later, after he had received confirmation from the Roman Emperor. He battled against the Monothelite, which held there was only a single will in Christ. He is buried beneath St Peter’s Basilica. July 3 St. Bladus . One of the early bishops of the Isle of Man off t...

SAINTS FOR JULY 02 Sts. Processus and Martinian, Roman Catholic Priest Martyrs . They joined the Apostles Peter and Paul in the Mamertine Prison in Rome before their executions. A spring flowed miraculously in the prison, and Processus and Martinian, both wardens, were baptized in the miraculous waters. Their relics are preserved in St. Peter’s Basilica. Feastday: July 2 Bl. Eugenia Joubert, Roman Catholic Nun . She taught catechism to children and died of tuberculosis at age 28. Feastday: July 2 St. Oudaceus , 615 A.D. Welsh bishop, also called Oudaceus and Eddogwy. Supposedly the son of a local leader in Brittany and the nephew of St. Teilo, he was raised in Wales. Oudaceus entered the monastic life, and succeeded Teilo as abbot of Llandeilo Fawr, Carmarthenshire. He later became a bishop, and is considered one of the four saints to whom the cathedral of Llandaff, Wales, is dedicated.

SAINTS FOR JULY 01 STS. JULES AND AARON, MARTYRS OF BRITANNIA, JULY 1-put to death at Caerlon, Monmouthshire, with companions. St. Bede listed them in his martyrology. Saint Oliver Plunkett (1 November 1629 – 1 July 1681) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, July 1 ST. AARON, MOSE'S BROTHER, HIGH PRIEST OF THE OLD TESTAMENT -Aaron, the brother of Moses, was the first High Priest of Israel. When Moses was on Mt Sinai, Aaron gave in to the people’s desire to have an idol. He repented and was pardoned by God, but on account of later doubts, he was, like his brother forbidden from entering the Promised Land. July 1 Bl. Junipero Serra, Spanish Franciscan fria r who founded the first nine of 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco, At the age of thirty-seven, he landed in Mexico City on January 1, 1750, and spent the rest of his life working for the conversion of the peoples o...