June 12 - On this day we celebrate two saints answering to the same Guy. The first one is Guy Vignotelli or Pagnotelli known as Guy of Cortona, born in 1185. Originally from Spain, he lived near Cortona. He was noble, but of very modest condition, and renowned for his charity.

His meeting with St. Francis of Assisi, to whom he once offered hospitality, was decisive. He decided to leave his estate to enter the Order of Franciscan Friars Minor and retired to a cave near Cortona to live in poverty and preach the Gospel and penance to the local people. He died in 1245 and his remains lie inside the Duomo of Cortona. Guy of Cortona was declared a saint by Vox populi.

The second is Saint Guy or Saint Vitus or St. Vith (4th century), martyr and auxiliary saint. Traditional festival (Vidovdan) on June 15 or recently in the West on June 12. Son of a Sicilian pagan, he would have had Crescence as his nurse and Modeste as his tutor, who would have had him baptized without his father's knowledge. He tried unsuccessfully to convert the son of Governor Valerian. After having miraculously escaped the ordeal, he would have ended up being martyred at the same time as Crescence and Modeste. Their relics are in the Church of Santa Maria del Rosario in Venice.

Message from the Bishops at the end of the Pilgrimage

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, You who have come in such large numbers to take part in this national pilgrimage, as well as all of you who are following it from home through the media. We, the bishops of Madagascar, would like to express our deep gratitude to you for having responded to our invitation and for having brought this jubilee initiated by Pope Francis to life spiritually. With you, we take up Mary's song: ‘My soul exalts the Lord’ and we repeat with her: ‘What shall I repay the Lord for all the good he has done me?’....

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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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