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The other Saint of Divine Mercy: Blessed Michał Sopoćko

February 15, 2023 Dawn Beutner 9

When we think about the Divine Mercy image, novena, or chaplet, it’s hard not to think about two great saints as well. Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938) was a Polish religious sister and mystic whose […]

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Pope Francis to visit Baltic republics, the land of Europe’s last pagans

September 21, 2018 Filip Mazurczak 7

On September 22-25, Francis will become the first pope since St. John Paul II twenty-five years earlier to visit the Baltic republics of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, a cultural and religious melting pot populated by […]

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