21 June - A member of the illustrious House of Gonzaga, Louis de Gonzaga was born on 9 March 1568 in Castiglione delle Stiviere, under the Republic of Venice, Italy. He was the first son of Ferdinand I Gonzaga, lord and then Marquis of Castiglione and Marta Tana de Santena, and the eldest of a family of ten children. His mother takes special care of his religious education.

June 20 - Silvère, who was the 58th pope from 536 to 537, was the legitimate son of Pope Hormisdas, born before his father had been ordained, a unique case in the history of the Papacy. It was probably ordained on June 1 or 8, 536.

19 June - Romuald was born around 950 in the family of the Onesti, Dukes of Ravenna, and grew up in the oriental comfort, the taste for pleasures, the easy life of his aristocratic milieu. Deeply troubled by the murder of a relative, Duke Serge of Ravenna, committed by his father during a duel, he withdrew from the world to do penance in his name.

18 June - Born in Tripoli, Leonce was a Phoenician soldier in the Roman army, he read the scriptures assiduously and evangelized his comrades. He was arrested, because of his faith, by one of his superiors. He declared himself a Christian, was imprisoned, tortured and died a martyr.

June 17 - Son of Hyvarnion, a bard from Great Britain and Rivanone who is said to have lived for a time at the court of the Frankish king Childebert, Hervé, born around 520, is blind from birth. His parents would have lived in the manor of Lanrioul in Plouzévédé. After the death of her husband, Rivanone would have settled on the territory of Keran, where she would have raised her son still in his infancy.

16 June - Jean-François Régis, born 31 January 1597 in Fontcouverte, Aude (France). Of modest origin, Jean-François Régis obtained a scholarship, at the age of 14, to study at the Jesuit college of Béziers, now the Lycée Henri IV.

15 June - Daughter of Laurent Cousin, a modest ploughman, and his wife Marie Laroche, Germaine was born in Pibrac, a small village 15 km west of Toulouse, in 1579. Afflicted with scrofula, she also had an atrophied hand. Her mother died when she was still very young.

June 14 - Elisha is an Old Testament prophet whose activity is described in the Second Book of Kings. He was the son of Shaphat, a rich farmer from Abel-Mehola in the Jordan Valley. When Elijah meets him, Elisha plows his field with 12 other people, each leading a pair of oxen (1 Kings 19, 19).

13 June - Antoine de Padua, whose real name was Fernando Martins de Bulhões, was born around 1195 in Lisbon into a noble and military family. In 1220, the remains of the Franciscan martyrs of Morocco were brought back to Portugal.

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.

11 June - Barnabas, or Barnabas, is a Levite Jew with ties to the island of Cyprus (Acts 4,36), who holds an important place in the Acts of the Apostles as the one who introduced St. Paul to the apostles in Jerusalem (Acts 9, 27) and later to the Christians of Antioch, and was his first companion on his journey, of which he is head of mission.

June 10 - Landry was an officer in the Royal Chancery under Clovis II. Around 650, he was Bishop of Paris, replacing Audobertus. He is the fifth Saint Pastor of the capital, after Saints Denis, Marcel, Germain and Céran.

Diocese of Miarinarivo

Pope Francis has accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Miarinarivo, presented by H.E. Mgr Jean Claude Randrianarisoa. At the same time, the Supreme Pontiff has appointed H.E. Mgr Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina, as Apostolic Admnistrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the same Diocese.

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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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