13 December - Lucie lived in Syracuse with her mother Eutychie. Since her childhood she venerated Christ and the Sicilian Virgin Martyr Saint Agatha. Her mother suffered from an inflammation of the entrails and blood loss, without healing for four years.

December 12 - According to tradition, on December 9, 1531, on Tepeyac Hill, a little north of Mexico City, a young lady "dazzling with light" appears to a recently baptized indigenous Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin.

11 December - Damasus was born in 305. He lived in Rome with his family. He joined the priesthood and had a good reputation among priests. Damasus was known as a deacon of Pope Libera, who entrusted him with the position of ambassador to the emperors Valens and Valentinian.

10 December - John Roberts was born in 1577 in Trawsfynydd, a small village in Snowdonia, North Wales. Roberts was baptized in the Protestant faith in the local church of St Madryn but is believed to have received his early education from an elderly former monk who had been a member of the Cymer Abbey community.

For a genuine and authentic transformation

“Let your love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good” (Romans 12:9). Message from the Episcopal Conference of Madagascar to the Catholic faithful, to the leaders and officials of the nation, to young Malagasy people without distinction, to all our compatriots, and to all people of good will.

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Love and Salvation

Christmas is a great joy, because it is the love of God that has come to us, proclaims Fr. Bizimana Innocent, Provincial Superior of the Salesians Don Bosco of Madagascar and Mauritius, presenting his Christmas greetings. Salvation is accomplished, so life is not in danger of disappearing. It is this love and this salvation that we wish to fill our life so that we have peace.

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Zatti, our brother

The short film "Zatti, our brother" (Argentina, 2020) focuses on one of the most difficult episodes of his life. We are in Viedma, in 1941: at the age of 60, Zatti is forced to leave the hospital he has attended for decades. His faith and strength are tested.

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