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  SAINTS FOR MARCH 01  St. Hermes and Adrian, Roman Catholic Martyrs with twenty four companions, probably the Massylitan martyrs praised by St. Augustine. They suffered in Massylis, or Marula, in Numidia. Feastday Mar 1 St. Monan was a monk at St. Andrew's under St. Adrian. Monan worked as a missionary in the Firth of Forth area in Scotland until he and a large number of Christians were murdered by marauding Danes  ST. FELIX III, POPE, Born of a Roman senatorial family and said to have been an ancestor of Saint Gregory the Great. Nothing certain is known of Felix, till he succeeded St. Simplicitus in the Chair of Peter (483). At that time the Church was still in the midst of her long conflict .Mar. 1 St. David. According to tradition, St. David was the son of King Sant of South Wales and St. Non. He was ordained a priest and later studied under St. Paulinus. Later, he was involved in missionary work and founded a number of monasteries. The monastery he founded at Menevia...

  Blessed Daniel Brottier https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/64

  Gospel in Art: What God has joined together, let no one separate https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51821

 ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS February 28 St. Oswald of Worcester (died 29 February 992) was Archbishop of York from 972 to his death in 992. Feb. 28 ST. HILARIUS, POPE, St. Hilary, Roman Catholic, Pope from 461-468 and guardian of Church unity. Hilary rebuilt many Roman churches and erected the chapel of St. John Lateran. Feastday February 28 ST. ROMANUS, ABBOT, he adopted the life of a hermit in the Jura Mountains, France, at age thirty five and was joined by his brother, St. Lupicinus, and many other disciples. The two brothers thus found it necessary to establish two monasteries, at Condat and Leuconne, and a convent at La Beaume which was governed by their sister. Feb. 28 https://www.jesuit.org.sg/feb-francis-nevill-sj/

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  Dozens of sisters join faith leaders calling on G20 to end global debt crisis #interest #debt #ursury https://www.globalsistersreport.org/node/294786

  St Gabriel Possenti https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/63

  Gospel in Art: If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51813

  ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS February 27  https://www.jesuit.org.sg/feb-27th-roger-filcock-sj/ Bl. Mark Barkworth. Martyr of England, the first Benedictine to die at Tyburn. Born in Lincoinshire, he was a Protestant educated at Oxford. While in Europe, Mark visited Douai, France, and became a Catholic. He was ordained in Valladolid, Spain, in 1599, and became a Benedictine in Navarre while on his return to England. Mark was arrested soon after his return to his homeland, and three apostates testified against him. With Father Richard Filcock he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tybum on February 27 — the first English Benedictine Martyr.    St. Anne Line, 1601 A.D. English martyr from Dunmow, Essex. The daughter of William Heigham, she was disowned by him when she married a Catholic, Roger Line. Roger was imprisoned for being a Catholic and was exiled and died in 1594 in Flanders, Belgium. Anne stayed in England where she hid Catholic priests in a London sa...

  Belief in God by educational group (2023-24) https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/educational-distribution/high-school-or-less/?activeChartId=0f2d87971fa87d9a51d51bf375fd48aa&dialogId=2fa65403c024d76e88814688fd017179

  St Porphyry of Gaza https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/62

  Gospel in Art: For the one who is not against us is for us https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51805

 ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS February 26  ST. FAUSTINIANO, BISHOP OF BOLOGNA St. Alexander of Alexandria, Roman Catholic Priest becoming the bishop of the see in 313. The heresy of Arianism was sweeping the region, as Arius was preaching the doctrine there. Alexander excommunicated Arius in 321, a decision upheld by a council. Alexander is also credited with drawing up the acts of the First General Council of Nicaea in 325. Feb. 26 St. Isabel of France, Roman Catholic Virgin and Nun. Sister of St. Louis and daughter of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile, she refused offers of marriage from several noble suitors to continue her life of virginity consecrated to God. She ministered to the sick and the poor, and after the death of her mother, founded the Franciscan Monastery of the Humility of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Longchamps in Paris. She lived there in austerity but never became a nun and refused to become abbess. Feastday February 26 St. Porphyry of G...

  St Ethelbert of Kent https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/61

  Gospel in Art: Jesus was teaching his disciples https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51797

  ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS February 25 St. Walburga, 779 A.D. St. Walburga, Virgin. Walburga was born in Devonshire England, around 710. She was the daughter of a West Saxon chieftain and the sister of St. Willibald and Winebald. Walburga was educated at Wimborne Monastery in Dorset, where she became a nun. In 748, she was sent with St. Lioba to Germany to help St. Boniface in his missionary work. She spent two years at Bishofsheim, after which she became Abbess of the double monastery at Heidenheim founded by her brother Winebald. At the death of Winebald, St. Walburga was appointed Abbess of both monasteries by her brother Willibald, who was then Bishop of Eichstadt. She remained superior of both men and women until her death in 779. She was buried first at Heidenheim, but later her body was interred next to that of her brother, St. Winebald, at Eichstadt.   ST. NESTOR, BISHOP OF MAGYDOS AND MARTYR Feb.25 Bl. Maria Adeodata Pisani Roman Catholic Nun, had "a d...

  St Montanus and Companions https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/60

  Gospel in Art: All things are possible for one who believes https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51789

  ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS February 24  The Martyrs of Carthage. Montanus, Lucius, Victoricus, Flavian and companions were ten disciples of St Cyprian of Carthage. They were martyred there under the reign of the Emperor Valerian in 259. The story of their imprisonment and martyrdom is well documented. The group were arrested by an official called Solon after St Cyprian was executed in 258. they spent many months kept in dark dungeons with little food or water. Somehow in such inhuman conditions, the little Christian community bonded and helped one another. When they were finally called to the place of execution, each was permitted to speak. Montanus, who was tall and strong, spoke bravely to the Christian crowd. He told them to be true to Jesus and to die rather than give up the faith. Lucius, who was small and frail, walked quietly to the place of execution. He was weak from the harsh months in prison and had to lean on two friends. The people who watched called to...

  St Polycarp https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/59

  Gospel in Art: Give, and it will be given to you https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51782

  St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smirne and Martiyr - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/02/23/st--polycarp--bishop-of--smirne-and-martiyr.html

 ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS February 23  St. Polycarp, Roman Catholic Priest Bishop and Martyr. He was bound and burned at the stake, then stabbed when the fire failed to touch him. Feastday February 23 Martyrs of Sirmium, Two groups of Roman Catholic martyrs who suffered at Sirmium, modem Mitrovica, in the Balkans. One group was slain probably in 303 and was seventy in number. The second group was composed of seven virgins probably martyred in 303. St. Martha, Roman Catholic Virgin martyr of Spain. She was beheaded at Astorga, Spain, and her relics were enshrined in the abbey of Ribas de Sil and at Ters. Feb. 23   B. GIUSEPPINA VANNINI, VIRGIN. Giuseppina Vannini is a 19th century religious sister from Rome known for founding the congregation of the Daughters of St. Camillus dedicated to serving the sick and suffering. She is the first Roman woman to be canonized in more than 400 years, according to ACI Stampa. Feb. 23 St. Boswell, 661 A.D. Abbot of Melrose, Eng...

  St Margaret of Cortona https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/58

  Gospel in Art: Feast of Saint Peter's Chair https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51778

This Is the Young Spokeswoman for the U.S. Government: A Young Catholic Mother - ZENIT - English : As the newly appointed White House press secretary, Karoline is responsible for handling media relations, managing press conferences, and shaping the public narrative of the administration.

 ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS February 22  https://www.jesuit.org.sg/feb-22nd-james-carvalho-sj/ St. Elwin, 6th century. Companion of St. Breaca from Ireland to Cornwall, England, also called Elvis or Allen.    Bl. John the Saxon, 895 A.D. Monk and martyr. A monk in a monastery in France, he was invited to go to England by King Alfred the Great and to assist in the restoration of the Christian faith in the wake of the severe and destructive invasions by the Danes. Appointed abbot of Athelingay by Alfred, John served with vigor and distinction until his murder one night by two French monks under his care.   Saint Margaret of Cortona, T.O.S.F., (1247 – February 22, 1297) was an Italian penitent of the Third Order of St. Francis ("T.O.S.F."). She was born in Laviano, near Perugia, and died in Cortona. She was canonized in 1728. She is the patron saint of the falsely accused; hoboes; homeless; insane; orphaned; mentally ill; midwives; penitents; single m...

  St Robert Southwell https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/57

  Gospel in Art: Take up your cross and follow me https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51770

  St Peter Damian - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/02/21/st-peter-damian--bishop-of-ostia-and-cardinal--doctor-of-the-chu.html

 ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS February 21 St. Peter Damian, Roman Catholic Order of St. Benedict (O.S.B.) was a reforming monk in the circle of Pope Leo IX and a cardinal. In 1823, he was declared a Doctor of the Church. Feb. 21 Saint Robert Southwell , English Martyr, Jesuit priest, poet., Feb. 21 https://www.jesuit.org.sg/feb-21st-robert-southwell-sj/ St. Severian, Roman Catholic Bishop and martyr. The bishop of Scythopolis in Galilee. He attended the Council of Chalcedon (451) and took part in the complete triumph of the orthodox Christian cause against the heretics of the era. On his return home he was assassinated by a group of heretics at the command of Emperor Theodosius II. Feastday Feb. 21 Bl. Pepin of Landen, Roman Catholic Frankish mayor of the palace, duke of Brabant, and the chief political figure during the reigns of the Frankish kings Clotaire II, Dagobert I, and Sigebert II .The husband of Blessed Ita, he was a close ally of Bishop Arnulf of Metz with whom he...

  Resident Scholar Leads Lenten Retreat on Baptism https://collegevilleinstitute.org/news/lenten-retreat-on-baptism/ Resident Scholar S. Jean Flannelly presented a  Lenten Retreat on Baptism  for the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church of Collegeville on Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Parishioners gathered to pray the  Stations of the Cross , and share a simple meal of soup and bread together prior to Jean’s presentation. Jean’s talk focused on the realities and mysteries begun in baptism, and some in attendance shared personal baptismal stories.

  A gift of elder adulthood: An invitation to an inner journey https://www.globalsistersreport.org/node/294046

  So begins McLaughlin’s ten-year investigation researching and reporting on the $20-billion-a year business she found at the other end of her medication, revealing a “vampiric real-life story of modern-day greed” https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Blood-Money/Kathleen-McLaughlin/9781982171971

  St Jacinta and Francisco Marto https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/56

  Gospel in Art: Jesus healing a blind man https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51762

  ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS February 20  Blessed Francisco Marto and Blessed Jacinta Marto, together with their cousin, Lúcia dos Santos (1907–2005) were the Roman Catholic children from Aljustrel near Fátima, Portugal, who said they witnessed three apparitions of an angel in 1916 and several apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1917. Feastday Feb. 20 ST. LEO OF CATANIA, BISHOP  was bishop of the city of Catania, in Sicily. He was famed for his benevolence and charity, and his Christian love for the poor and the vagrant. The Lord granted him the gifts of healing various illnesses, and working miracles. Feb. 20 St. Wulfric, 1154 A.D. Hermit and miracle worker. Born at Compton Martin, near Bristol, England, he became a priest and was excessively materialistic and worldly. After meeting with a beggar, he underwent a personal conversion and became a hermit at Haselbury; Somerset, England. For his remaining years, he devoted himself to rigorous austerities and w...

  St Mesrop the Teacher https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/55

  Gospel in Art: Who do people say that I am? https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51755

  ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS February 19  Bl. Lucy, Roman Catholic laywoman Martyr of China. She was a Catholic schoolteacher in China, where she was beheaded. Feb. 19 St. Belina, Roman Catholic virgin martyr. A peasant girl from Troyes, France, she was threatened with rape by the feudal lord of the district. She refused his advances and died in defense of her virginity. Feastday February 19 https://www.jesuit.org.sg/feb-19th-john-sullivan-sj/ St. Odran, 452 A.D. Martyr and friend of St. Patrick. According to tradition, he drove Patrick’s chariot. Odran died when he changed places with Patrick in the vehicle just before an ambush by pagans was sprung.   ST. CONRAD CONFALONIERI, FRANCISCAN HERMIT

  St Colman of Lindisfarne https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/54

  Gospel in Art: Do you not yet perceive or understand? https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51749

  ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS  February 18  https://www.jesuit.org.sg/feb-18th-john-cardim-sj/ Bl. William Harrington, 1594 A.D. Martyr of England. Born at Mt. St. John, Yorkshire, he studied for the priesthood after meeting St. Edmund Campion and was ordained at Reims, France, in 1592. William returned to England to work in the English mission. Arrested in London in 1593 for being a priest, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn.   St. Colman of Lindisfarne, 676 A.D. An Irish bishop of Lindisfarne, England, a disciple of St. Columba. He was born in Connaught, Ireland. At the Synod of Whitby Colman defended the Celtic ecclesiastical practices against St. Eilfrid and St. Agilbert. When King Oswy introduced the Roman rites, Colman refused to accept the decision and led a group of Irish and English monks to the Isle of Innishboffin, near Connaught. In time he moved the English monks to Mayo. Colman was praised by Blessed Alcuin and St. Bede. ...

  Seven Servite Founders https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/53

  Gospel in Art: They demanded a sign from heaven https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51743

 ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS February 17  STS. SEVEN FONDERS OF THE ORDER OF THE SERVANTS OF MARY,  founded in 1233 by seven Florentine nobles and business men who went to Monte Senario, outside of Florence, Italy to live lives of prayer, community and service dedicated to Mary, Mother of Sorrows. The Order is now worldwide and composed of many different autonomous congregations (smaller groupings ...Feb. 17 St. Fintan, 603 A.D. Abbot and disciple of St. Columba. Fintan was a hermit in Clonenagh, Leix, Ireland. When disciples gathered around his hermitage he became their abbot. A wonder worker, Fintan was known for clairvoyance, prophecies, and miracles. He also performed very austere penances.   St. Fortchern, 6th century. Bishop of Trim, Ireland. He was converted by St. Loman. Fortchern became a hermit in Meath, retiring from his see after a few years.   St. Loman, 450 A.D. Bishop of Trim, in Meath, Ireland, the son of Tigris, the sister of S...

  St Elias and Companions https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/52

  Gospel in Art: Blessed are you..., woe to you... https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51736

ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS February 16  St. Juliana, Virgin and Martyr of Nicomedia, in Campania St. Elias & Companions, Egyptian martyr with Daniel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Samuel. They went to the mines in Cilicia, to comfort the Christians held there. They were arrested at the gate of the mine and martyred. The historian Eusebius was in Caesarea, in Israel, and gave a vivid account of their martyrdom by torture and beheading. Two others, St. Pamphilus and St. Seleucus, were also caught up in the martyrdom, sharing Elias fate. Porphy, the servant of Pamphilus, demanded that the bodies of the martyrs be buried and was burned to death as a Christian. Feastday Feb,16 St. Gilbert of Sempringham. Gilbert was born at Sempringham, England, son of Jocelin, a wealthy Norman knight. He was sent to France to study and returned to England to receive the benefices of Sempringham and Tirington from his father. He became a clerk in the household of Bishop Robert Bloet of Lincoln and ...

  St Claude la Colombière https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/51

  Vatican Astronomer releases 'A Jesuit's Guide to the Stars' https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51726

  Gospel in Art: The feeding of the four thousand https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51732

ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS February 15  https://www.jesuit.org.sg/feb-15th-claude-la-colombiere-sj/ St. Berach, 6th century. Irish abbot and nephew of St. Freoch. He was raised by his uncle and became a disciple of St. Kevin. Berach, who is sometimes called Barachias or Berachius, founded an abbey at Clusin-Coirpte, in Connaught, Ireland. He is the patron saint of Kilbarry, County Dublin.  St. Dochow, 473 A.D. Monastic founder from Wales, possibly a bishop. Dochow formed a monastery in Cornwall, England. The Ulster Annual describes him as a bishop.   St. Farannan, 590 A.D. Abbot and Irish disciple of St. Columba on Iona, Scotland. He returned to Ireland to become a hermit at AllFarannan, now Allernan, Sligo.    

A New Generation of Religious: 7 out of 10 have a university degree - ZENIT - English : Gray and his colleagues relied on national surveys and data from Google Trends, which tracks fluctuations in search activity for terms related to Mass attendance. Though not a direct measurement, these digital signals provide insights into how people’s religious practices evolve over time.

  How the Catholic Church Defines Love: 4 Beautiful Quotes from the Catechism https://www.churchpop.com/how-the-catholic-church-defines-love-4-beautiful-quotes-from-the-catechism/

  St Valentine and St Cyril and Methodius https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/49

  Gospel in Art: Saint Valentine of Rome https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51724

  Sts. Cyril, Monk and Methodius, Bishop Patrons of Europe - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/02/14/sts--cyril--monk-and-methodius--bishop-patrons-of-europe.html

  St Francis and St Clare transformation Fratelli Tutti

  ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS February 14  ST. ZENON, MARTYR ON THE APPIA Feb 14 St. Valentine, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. He assisted the martyrs in the persecution under Claudius II. He was apprehended, and sent by the emperor to the prefect of Rome, who, on finding all his promises to make him renounce his faith ineffectual, commanded him to be beaten with clubs, and afterwards, to be beheaded, which was executed on February 14,  Feastday February 14 Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Roman Catholic missionaries among the Slavic peoples of the Great Moravia and Pannonia.BISHOP PATRONS OF EUROPE, Feb. 14 St. Conran, A traditional figure, believed to have served as bishop of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. No details of his life have survived. Bl. Vicente Vilar David, Roman Catholic Layman Martyr. Valencia, Spain during the persecution of religion welcomed the priests and religious in his house and preferred to die rather than renounce his faith. Feb. 14  

  EU Bishops appeal for urgent intervention in DRC - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2025-02/fighting-resumes-in-drc.html

  St Modomnoc https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/48

  Gospel in Art: A woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51717

  ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS  February 13 St. Dyfnog. Welsh confessor of the Caradog family. He was venerated in Clwyd, Wales.   St. Ermengild, 700 A.D. Queen and Benedictine nun, also called Ermenilda. The daughter of a king of Kent, England, and St. Sexburga, Ermengild married the king of Mercia. She helped spread the faith in Mercia until her husband's death in 675. She then became a nun at Milton at Minster, Sheppey. When her mother, who had served as abbess, retired, Ermengild succeeded to that Office. She then followed St. Sexburga to Ely, becoming abbess there also.   St. Huno, 690 A.D. Monk priest of Ely, England, who aided St. Aetheldreda. Attending her in her last hours, Huna became a hermit in the Fens.   St. Modomnoc, 550 A.D. Irish bishop and a disciple of St. David of Wales. Sometimes called Domnoc or Dominic, he was a member of the royal Irish family of O’Neil and ended his years as a hermit at Tibraghny in Kilkenny When Mo...

Legal earthquake in Latin America: Inter-American Court of Human Rights rejects abortion - ZENIT - English : On January 23, the IACHR rejected a legal maneuver aimed at establishing abortion as a human right across the region. The case centered on the story of Beatriz, a Salvadoran woman whose pregnancy complications were weaponized in an attempt to challenge El Salvador’s strict abortion laws

  Bl James Fenn and Companions https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/47

  Gospel in Art: For it is from within, from men's hearts, that evil intentions emerge https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51710

 ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS  February 12 Bl. Thomas Hemerford, 1584 A.D. English martyr. A native of Dorsetshire, he was educated at Oxford and then studied for the priesthood at English College, Rome. He was ordained in Rome in 1583, and returned to England, where he was swiftly arrested. Condemned for being a priest, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn with four companions. He was beatified in 1929.   St.  Ethelwald. Bishop of Lindisfame, England, a disciple of St. Cuthbert. Ethelwald served as prior and then abbot of Old Melrose in Scotland. St. Bede praised Etheiwald, who succeeded St. Eadfrith at Lindisfame in 721.  St. James Feun, Blessed, 1584 A.D. Martyr in England. Born in Somerset, he studied at Oxford and became a fellow until he refused to take the Oath of Supremacy and was removed. James married and became a school-master in Somerset. After the passing of his wife, he went to Reims where he studied for the priesthood and rece...

  Caritas Internationalis warns sudden USAID cuts will kill millions https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51701

  DR Congo: Thousands killed, refugee camps attacked https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51698

Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/46

  Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/46

  Gospel in Art: Our Lady of Lourdes https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51702

  'AI will bring upheavals on scale comparable to Industrial Revolution' - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2025-02/interview-intelligence-artificial-ai-polvani.html

  ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS  February 11 B.VIRGIN MARY OF LOURDES ST. SOTERA,VIRGIN AND MARTYR ON THE VIA APPIA Young and of noble family, but humble spirit, she dedicated herself to works of charity. She was arrested in 304 during the persecutions unleashed by the Emperor Diocletian. She faced her torturers with courage, and still refusing to deny the faith, she was beheaded.  Feb. 11 ST GREGORY II, POPE, Gregory II Born c. 669, Pope/St. Gregory II was the scion of a noble Roman family. Under Sergius I , Gregory was the librarian and the keeper of the purse; he accompanied Pope Constantine when the pope traveled to Constantinople to protest the anti-western canons of the Second Trullan (or Quintisext) Council (692). Feb.11

Global Christian Persecution Reaches New Heights Amid Rising Nationalism, Conflict, and Repression - ZENIT - English : The findings align with broader trends in religious repression worldwide. Data from Pew Research indicates that government-imposed restrictions on religion reached new peaks in 2022, with nearly a third of all countries exhibiting high or very high levels of control.

  Pope Francis asks all Catholics to pray for vocations: here is the video - ZENIT - English https://zenit.org/2025/02/05/pope-francis-asks-all-catholics-to-pray-for-vocations-here-is-the-video/?eti=21625