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  SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 01  ST. VENANTIUS, BISHOP OF SALONA AND MARTYR- Bishop of the city of Salona, in present-day Croatia, St. Venantius, who lived between the 3rd and 4th centuries, is venerated together with Saints Anastasius, Maurus, Paulinianus, Telius, Aterius, Septimius, Antiochianus and Gaianus, his  companions in martyrdom, like him from Dalmatia and Istria.   April 1 Bl. Anacleto González Flores. Roman Catholic layman. He was taken to the Colorado jail, where his torture included being hung by his thumbs until his fingers were dislocated and having the bottom of his feet slashed. He refused, however, to supply his captors with any information. José Anacleto González Flores was condemned to death and was shot together with the Vargas González brothers and Luis Padilla Gómez on that same day, 1 April 1927. St. Theodora, Roman Catholic Martyr. According to the Acta of Pope St. Alexander (r 105-115), she was the sister of St. Hermes and was martyre...

  St Acacius https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/96

  Gospel in Art: The court official whose son was at the point of death https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52051

  SAINTS FOR MARCH 31  ST.BENJAMIN, DEACON AND MARTYR,  The Christians in Persia had enjoyed twelve years of peace during the reign of Isdegerd, son of Sapor III, when in 420 it was disturbed by the indiscreet zeal of Abdas, a Christian Bishop who burned the Temple of Fire, the great sanctuary of the Persians..Mar.31 ST. BALBINA, ROMAN MATRON, FOUNDRESS OF THE ROMAN CHURCH BEARING HER NAME, According to tradition, St. Balbina was the daughter of St. Quirinus, a Roman tribune. Father and daughter were baptized by Pope St. Alexander I. Under the Emperor Hadrian, they were arrested, tortured, and ultimately beheaded, probably around the year 130. Saint Balbina was buried on the Via Appia.  Mar.31 St. Machabeo, Irish abbot of Armagh, Ireland, for four decades. He is also listed as Gilda-Marchaibeo. He governed the monastery of Sts. Peter and Paul.  

  St John Clemacus https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/95

  Gospel in Art: Laetare Sunday: the Prodigal Son https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52044

  SAINTS FOR MARCH 30  St. John Climacus, Roman Catholic monk called “Climacus” from the title of his famous book, The Climax, or The Ladder of Perfection..Mar. 30 St. Tola, 733 A.D. Irish bishop in Meath (Disert lola), Ireland. He sent missionaries to Europe and aided the expansion of scholarly studies.   St. Fergus, 6th century. Bishop of Downpatrick. Ireland. He may be identified with St. Fergus of Scotland.   St. Osburga, 1018 A.D. Abbess of a convent at Coventry, England, which had been founded by King Canute. Her shrine was a popular place of pilgrimage during the Middle Ages because of the many miracles reported there.   St. Patto, 788 A.D. Bishop of Werden, Saxony, Germany. A native of Britain, Patto served as an abbot in Saxony before becoming a bishop. He is sometimes listed as Pacificus.   B. AMADEUS IX OF SAVOY, Amadeus was the son of Duke Louis I of Savoy. He was born in 1435 in Thonon, Savoy and betrothed as an infant to Pr...

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  Restoring the Lord's Day https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/restoring-the-lords-day?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare audio https://trinitymedia.ai/player/share/ec544c29be57f83adc1b9f57cc1b18c4f86f

  St Gwynllyw and Gwladys https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/93

  Gospel in Art: The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52040

  SAINTS FOR MARCH 29  St. Mark, Martyred Roman Catholic Bishop of Arethusa, on Mount Lebanon. He destroyed a local pagan temple, enraging the pagan populace. Emperor Julian the Apostate ordered that Mark and other Christians rebuild the temples that they had destroyed. Mark fled rather than comply, but he surrendered when members of his flock were arrested. He was tortured by being dragged through the streets, but he remained so loyal to Christ and the Church that he was set free. Emperor Julian pardoned him. Feastday Mar. 29 Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham “The reeducation which takes place on March 29, 2020, is a personal dedication of the people of England following in the footsteps of King Richard II, who in the face of great political turmoil in 1381 went to the shrine of Our Lady of Puy in Westminster Abbey to seek her guidance and protection,” said Msgr. John Armitage, the rector of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, which is England’s national Marian shrine. St. G...

  St Tutilo and Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/92

  Gospel in Art: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52034

 SAINTS FOR MARCH 28  St. James Claxton, Blessed, 1588 A.D. Martyr in England. A native of Yorkshire and a devout Catholic, he studied at Reims and was ordained in 1582. Returning home to conduct missionary work in his former region, he was soon arrested and hanged, drawn, and quartered at Isleworth.   ST. CASTOR, MARTYR OF TARSO St. Castor is mentioned in both the Hieronymian and the Roman Martyrologies - the oldest catalogues of Christian martyrs of the Latin Church. According to tradition, he was martyred in Tarsus, in Cilicia, in what is now Turkey, possibly in the company of either St. Dorotheus or St. Stephen.  Mar. 28 St. Venturino of Bergamo, Roman Catholic Dominican Monk, known for helping to organize a crusade, at the behest of Pope Clement VI (r. 1342-1352), against the Turks who were then menacing Europe. Feastday March 28

 

  St John of Egypt https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/91

  Gospel in Art: Whoever is not with me is against me https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52026

  SAINTS FOR MARCH 27  St Augusta, Roman Catholic Virgin martyr, the daughter of the duke of Friuli, in Italy. It is reported that the duke was so infuriated by Augusta's conversion to Christianity that he killed her with his own hand. Her shrine is near Treviso, in northern Italy. Feastday Mar.27 St. Alkeld, tenth century. A patroness of Yorkshire, England, she is also known as Athilda. Nothing is documented about her life, but she is depicted in a painting as being strangled by Dane invaders.   ST. RUPERT,BISHOP OF SALZBURG, Born of a noble family, St. Rupert travelled to Bavaria at the end of the 7th century as an itinerant monk. He founded a monastery near the ancient Roman city of Juvavum. Rupert gave the city the name Salzburg and became its first Bishop. He died March 27, Easter Sunday, around the year 710. Mar. 27

  Pilgrimage Sites for Jubilee Year 2025: Where to Gain a Plenary Indulgence in the U.S. https://www.churchpop.com/pilgrimage-sites-for-jubilee-year-2025-where-to-gain-a-plenary-indulgence-in-the-u-s/

  Pope Francis: Even if we hit rock bottom, God lets us start over with Him - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-03/pope-francis-general-audence-prograamed-26-march-2025.html

  Holy See calls for united efforts to combat modern slavery - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2025-03/holy-see-calls-for-unanimous-efforts-to-combat-modern-slavery.html

  St Liudger https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/90

  Gospel in Art: I have not come to abolish the Law or Prophets, but to fulfil them https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52018

  SAINTS FOR MARCH 26  St. Margaret of Clitherow . Margaret Clitherow was born in Middleton, England, in 1555, of protestant parents. Possessed of good looks and full of wit and merriment, she was a charming personality. In 1571, she married John Clitherow, a well-to-do grazier and butcher (to whom she bore two children), and a few years later entered the Catholic Church. Her zeal led her to harbor fugitive priests, for which she was arrested and imprisoned by hostile authorities. Recourse was had to every means in an attempt to make her deny her Faith, but the holy woman stood firm. Finally, she was condemned to be pressed to death on March 25, 1586. She was stretched out on the ground with a sharp rock on her back and crushed under a door over laden with unbearable weights. Her bones were broken and she died within fifteen minutes. The humanity and holiness of this servant of God can be readily glimpsed in her words to a friend when she learned of her condemnation: "The sher...

 The Annuciation 

  Feast of the Annunciation https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/89

  Gospel in Art: Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52010

Cardinal Parolin: ‘There is no longer any respect for humanitarian law' - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2025-03/cardinal-parolin-no-respect-for-humanitarian-law-gaza.html

  SAINTS FOR MARCH 25  https://www.jesuit.org.sg/mar-25th-felix-maria-cappello-sj/ St. Dismas, the Good Thief crucified with Christ on Calvary. Feastday March 25 St. James Bird, Blessed, 1593 A.D. English martyr. Born in Winchester and raised as a Protestant, he embraced the Catholic Church at the age of nineteen. James visited Douai College in Reims, but he returned to England. There he refused to take the Oath of Supremacy and was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Winchester in his native city. He was beatified in 1929.   St. Harold, 1168 A.D. Martyred child of Gloucester, England. He was reported to have been slain by Jews in the area, and was venerated as a martyr. The veneration of the child martyrs is often considered as an example of the pervasive anti-Semitism of the period.    Bl. Emilian Kovch, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. Parish priest in 1922 at Peremyshliany, Ukraine, a village of 5,000, most of whom were Jewish. An active priest, he organiz...

  Pope calls for end to heavy bombing of Gaza in Angelus address https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51996

  National Oscar Romero service: Let us not tire of preaching love https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51999

  Cardinal Fitzgerald: 'Believe in life as Archbishop Romero did' https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52000

  Schoolchildren urge MPs to act on debt crisis https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52001

These are the sums of money earned by abortion clinic managers in the U.S. - ZENIT - English : The report details the salaries of all 49 of the abortion vendor’s affiliate CEOs, along with those of the top-paid employees at the organization’s headquarters—Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

How many Catholics are there in the world? Vatican releases 2025 statistics - ZENIT - English : The global Catholic population increased by 1.15% between 2022 and 2023, rising from approximately 1.39 billion to 1.406 billion, a percentage very similar to that of the previous biennium. The distribution of baptized Catholics varies in the various geographic areas, in accordance with the different demographics of each continent.

 Elijah reviving the Son of the Widow of Zarephath by Louis Hersent 07-20

  Saint Oscar Romero https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/88

  Gospel in Art: They brought Jesus to the brow of the hill https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52002

  St. Oscar Romero, Martyr - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/03/24/st--oscar-romero--martyr.html

SAINTS FOR MARCH 24  ST. OSCAR ROMERO, MARTYR -This courageous Archbishop, martyred in 1980, became the “voice of the voiceless” in El Salvador. Assassinated while celebrating Mass, he shed his blood for “the redemption and resurrection” of his suffering people. His feast day is March 24. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/03/24/st--oscar-romero--martyr.html  St. Timolaus & Companions, Eight Roman Catholic Martyrs who were beheaded at Caesarea, in Palestine, during the reign of Emperor Diocletian. According to the historian Eusebius of Caesarea, the names of the other martyrs were: Dionysius (two by this name), Alexander (two by this name), Romulus, Pausis, and Agapius. Feastday Mar.24 St. Hildelitba, 712 A.D. Benedictine abbess and supporter of Sts. Bede, Aldhelm, and Boniface. An Anglo Saxon princess, she became a nun at Chelles or Farmoutier. France, but was recalled by St. Erconwald to train her sister, Ethelburga, at Barking, England. When Ethelburga died, Hildelit...

 https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/87

  Gospel in Art: A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51994

  SAINTS FOR MARCH 23  St.  Ethelwald. Benedictine hermit on Fame Island, England, a disciple of St. Cuthbert. He was a monk at Ripon originally. Ethelwald was buried at Lindisfame. He is also called Oidilwald.   ST. TURIBIUS OF MOGROVEJO, BISHOP OF LIMA, St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo, Roman Catholic Priest. Patron of Native rights; Latin American bishops and Peru. Feastday March 23 St. Rafqa, Roman Catholic Nun. St. Rafqa was sent with five other sisters to found a new monastery in Jrabta, Batroun in Lebanon. In 1899, she became blind and paralysis set in. Mar. 23

 

  St Nicholas Owen https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/86

  Gospel in Art: The Parable of the Prodigal Son https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51989

  SAINTS FOR MARCH 22  St. Nicholas Owen. Nicholas was born at Oxford, England. He became a carpenter or builder and served the Jesuit priests in England for two decades by constructing hiding places for them in mansions throughout the country. He became a Jesuit lay brother in 1580, and was arrested in 1594 with Father John Gerard, and despite prolonged torture would not give the names of any of his Catholic colleagues; he was released on the payment of a ransom by a wealthy Catholic. Nicholas is believed responsible for Father Gerard's dramatic escape from the Tower of London in 1597. Nicholas was again arrested in 1606 with Father Henry Garnet, who he had served eighteen years, Father Oldcorne, and Father Oldcorne's servant, Brother Ralph Ashley, and imprisoned in the Tower of London. Nicholas was subjected to such vicious torture that he died of it on March 2nd. He was known as Little John and Little Michael and used the aliases of Andrews and Draper. He was canonized by P...

  St Enda https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/85

  Gospel in Art: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51981

 SAINTS FOR MARCH 21  St. Cuthbert.  Cuthbert was thought by some to be Irish and by others, a Scot. Bede, the noted historian, says he was a Briton. Orphaned when a young child, he was a shepherd for a time, possibly fought against the Mercians, and became a monk at Melrose Abbey. In 661, he accompanied St. Eata to Ripon Abbey, which the abbot of Melrose had built, but returned to Melrose the following year when King Alcfrid turned the abbey over to St. Wilfrid, and then became Prior of Melrose. Cuthbert engaged in missionary work and when St. Colman refused to accept the decision of the Council of Whitby in favor of the Roman liturgical practices and immigrated with most of the monks of Lindisfarn to Ireland, St. Eata was appointed bishop in his place and named Cuthbert Prior of Lindisfarn. He resumed his missionary activities and attracted huge crowds until he received his abbot's permission to live as a hermit, at first on a nearby island and then in 676, at one of th...

 ... was good during your lifetime while Lazarus likewise received what was bad, but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented.’ LK 16-25 Saint Lazarus

  St Cuthbert https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/84

  Gospel in Art: The Rich Man and Lazarus https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51973

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  SAINTS FOR MARCH 20  St. Photina, Roman Catholic Martyr. Photiona was the Samaritan woman with whom Jesus spoke at the well as was recounted in the Gospel of St. John, chapter four. Deeply moved by the experience, she took to preaching the Gospel, received imprisonment, and was finally martyred at Carthage. Feastday March 20 St. John, Sergius, & Companions. Roman Catholic Monks who resided in the laura, or an eremetical monastery, of St. Sabas, near Jerusalem. They were martyred by a band of Arabs who devastated the community. One of the wounded monks, named Stephen, composed a poem in honor of the martyred and to commemorate the event. Feastday March 20 ST. JOHN NEPOMUCEN, PRIEST AND MARTYR OF PRAGUE In his early childhood, John Nepomucene was cured of a disease through the prayers of his good parents. In thanksgiving, they consecrated him to the service of God. After he was ordained, he was sent to a parish in the city of Prague. He became a great preacher, and thousan...

  Pope to receive King Charles and Queen Camilla in Audience next month https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51962

  St Joseph https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/83

  Gospel in Art: Solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51964

  St. Joseph, Groom of B. Mary - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/03/19/st--joseph--groom-of-b--mary--patron-of-the-univeral-church.html

  SAINTS FOR MARCH 19  St. Lactali, 672 A.D. Abbot founder and disciple of St. Corngall in Ireland. Lactan was from County Cork and was educated in Bangor by Sts. Comgall and Molua. He became the abbot-founder of Achadh-Ur Abbey at Freshford, Kilkenny.   St. Joseph, Groom of B. Mary - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/03/19/st--joseph--groom-of-b--mary--patron-of-the-univeral-church.html 

  Nigeria: Seminarian murdered https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51949

  St Edward the Martyr https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/82

  Gospel in Art: For they preach, but do not practise https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51956

  SAINTS FOR MARCH 18  St. Edward the Martyr. Edward was the eldest son of King Edgar of England and his first wife, Ethelfleda who died shortly after her son's birth. He was baptized by St. Dunstan and became King in 975 on his father's death with the support of Dunstan but against the wishes of his stepmother, Queen Elfrida, who wished the throne for her son Ethelred. Edward ruled only three years when he was murdered on March 18 while hunting near Corfe Dastle, reportedly by adherents of Ethelred, though William of Malmesbury, the English historian of the twelfth century, said Elfrida was the actual murderer. In the end, Elfrida was seized with remorse for her crime and, retiring from the world, she built the monasteries of Amesbury and Wherwell, in the latter of which she died. Edward was a martyr only in the broad sense of one who suffers an unjust death, but his cultus was considerable, encouraged by the miracles reported from his tomb at Shaftesbury;  ST. CYRIL, BI...

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  St Patrick https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/369

  Gospel in Art: Feast of Saint Patrick https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51948

  St. Patrick, Bishop, Disciple of Ireland - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/03/17/st--patrick--bishop--disciple-of-ireland-.html

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  St Fintan Lobur https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/81

  Gospel in Art: The appearance of his face was altered https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51941

 SAINTS FOR MARCH 16  STS. HILARIOUS AND TAZIANO, MARTYRS OF AQUILEIA Bl. John Amias, 1589 A.D. Also called John Anne, a martyr in England. He was born and married near Wakefield where he became a cloth dealer. When his wife died, he went to Reims and was ordained a Priest in 1581. Returning to England, he worked until his arrest by English authorities. Hanged, drawn, and quartered at York with Blessed Robert Dalby, he was beatified in 1929.   Bl. Robert Dalby, 1589 A.D. English martyr. Born at Hemingborough, Yorkshire, he was a Protestant minister before he converted to Catholicism and left England to become a priest. Ordained in 1588 after studies at Douai and Reims, France, he returned home. The next year he was arrested and hanged, drawn, and quartered at York on March 16, with Blessed John Amias. He was beatified 1929.   St. Abban, 620 A.D. Abbot and Irish missionary. An Irish prince, Abban was the son of King Cormac of Leinster. He is listed as the ne...

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