07 September - In 253, a sixteen-year-old Gaulish girl named Reine, who had converted to Christianity, was grazing her sheep at the foot of Mount Auxois, the presumed site of the Gallic oppidum of Alesia and then the Roman town. A Roman governor of the Gauls, Olibrius or Olimbrius, wanted to abuse her but she resisted and even refused to marry so as not to abjure her faith.

06 September - Originally from Garrigues near Nîmes in the Gard, Bertrand was seduced by holiness and by St. Dominic's plan to convert the Cathars through prayer and the example of a life of poverty and austerity.

05 September - Daughter of a priest from Tamieh (Fayoum) on the border of the Libyan desert, she was about twenty years old when Diocletian's persecution broke out.

04 September - Rosalie was born in 1130 into a noble Sicilian family. She was the daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Quisquina and Rosa, relative of Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily, and descendant of the family of Charlemagne.

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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