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Our Lady of Guadalupe
Mesoamerica, the New World, 1521: The capital city of the Aztec empire falls under the Spanish forces. Less than 20…
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St. Damasus, Pope
ST. DAMASUS was born at Rome at the beginning of the fourth century. He was archdeacon of the Roman Church…
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St. Juan Diego
Juan Diego was born in 1474 in the calpulli of Tlayacac in Cuautitlán, a small Indian village some 20 km (12mi)…
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Feast of the Immaculate Conception
ON this day, so dear to every Catholic heart, we celebrate, in the first place, the moment in which Almighty…
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St. Ambrose, Bishop
AMBROSE was of a noble family, and was governor of Milan in 374, when a bishop was to be chosen…
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St. John of Damascus
Born at Damascus, about 676; died some time between 754 and 787. Mansur was probably the name of John’s father.…
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St. Francis Xavier
Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta was born in 1506 in Navarre, Spain. As a young Spanish gentleman, in the dangerous…
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St. Andrew, Apostle
ST. ANDREW was one of the fishermen of Bethsaida, and brother, perhaps elder brother, of St. Peter, and became a…