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Marie Of Saint Natalie
Marie of Saint Natalie, born Jeanne-Marie Guerguin (sometimes spelt Kerguin) was one of the Martyr Saints of China, 120 Martyrs of China. Life She was born in Belle-Isle-en-Terre, Cotes-du-Nord, on 4 May 1864 into a family of Breton farmers. She learned to read at the local school. Having lost her mother as a child, she was in charge of overseeing the household. She entered the convent at Saint-Brieuc in 1887. She was a member of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. In 1899 she was one of a group of seven sisters from the order who went to Taiyuan, China, arriving on 4 May 1899, to set up an orphanage at the mission there under bishop Gregorio Grassi. It was proposed that the nuns should escape when the situation got worse but it was the Mother Superior who is reported to have protested that the nuns should not be denied the sacrifice of dying for their faith on 27 June 1900. She argued that they should be allowed to stay when the level of threat to the community rose. On 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in April 2005, and was later canonised as Pope Saint John Paul II. He was elected pope by the second papal conclave of 1978, which was called after John Paul I, who had been elected in August to succeed Pope Paul VI, died after 33 days. Cardinal Wojtyła was elected on the third day of the conclave and adopted the name of his predecessor in tribute to him. Born in Poland, John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI in the 16th century and the second-longest-serving pope after Pius IX in modern history. John Paul II attempted to improve the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, Islam, and the Eastern Orthodox Church. He maintained the church's previous positions on such matters as abortion, artificia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
