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Hace 2 días · Saint Paul, Apostle of the City of Rome. A Jew of Tarsus, in modern-day Turkey, Saul, a Roman citizen, educated at the Jewish school in Jerusalem, had also a good Greek-Hellenistic formation: he knew Greek and Latin.
Hace 3 días · Saint John Paul II was bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope in 455 years and the first from a Slavic country. His pontificate of more than 26 years was the third longest in history. He was canonized in 2014.
18 de jun. de 2024 · Who was Saint Paul VI, the pontiff celebrated by Catholics on May 29? Electedpope during the Second Vatican Council (1963-1978), he revived the church's dialogue with the contemporary world.
Hace 3 días · Saul, or St. Paul (as he was later called), was a Pharisee who persecuted the primitive church. Born at Tarsus (Asia Minor), he had come to Jerusalem as a student of the famous rabbi Gamaliel and had harried a Christian group called by Luke the “Hellenists,” who were led by St. Stephen (the first Christian martyr ) and who ...
Hace 4 días · After he was expelled from the synagogue, Paul established himself in the house of Titius Justus, near the home of Aquila and Pricilla. When Paul decided to return to Syria, the couple accompanied him on part of the journey, but stopped at Ephesus.
Hace 4 días · See Vatican News to discover the life-story and message of St. Vincent de Paul, priest, founder of the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity, Patron of all the Associations of Charity, the Saint of the Day 27 September.
Hace 3 días · Every saint has a unique path to sainthood, but Saint Vincent de Paul has an exceptionally surprising story! We can learn a lot from this saint. Saint Vincent de Paul, known as the Apostle of Charity, was captured by pirates and sold into slavery.
