Category: Devotional

Kenneth Bae’s 500th Day: Life’s Cycle of Fear, Pain, and Suffering

More than 100 Christians Slain as Herdsmen Burn Homes, Chuch Buildings in Nigeria

Air Force Academy Removes Bible Verse From Cadet’s Whiteboard

Islamic Extremists in Somalia Behead Two Christians

Kim Jong-Un Orders Execution Of 33 People For Contact With Christian Missionary

Nigeria: Boko Haram—Over 500 Catholics killed and 20 churches and priests houses destroyed since 2009

Grieving California mom takes down cross on road after Atheist’s protest

Woman in Sweden Denied Work as Midwife for Refusing to Perform Abortions

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Churches Targeted in Bomb Attacks in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Syrian Believers are running out of options

Open Season on Christians in Libya

Syrian Believers are running out of options

Churches Targeted in Bomb Attacks in Zanzibar, Tanzania

U.S. Supreme High Court turns away homeschoolers’ request for asylum

Why Are Christians the World’s Most Persecuted Group?

Why Has Boko-Haram’s Attacks Continued Unchecked?

The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham’s dhimmi pact for the Christians of Raqqa province

Mainstream Media Mum on Atrocities Against Christians

Islamist Militia Group in Libya Suspected in Killing of Seven Coptic Christians

Religious Leaders In CAR Calling For Calm : “Churches and mosques must be rid of armed infiltrators”

WRITE TO ENCOURAGE Pastor Behnam Irani imprisoned in Iran

Filmmakers address plight of Middle East Christians

Iowa State removing Bibles from hotel guest rooms

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NIGERIA: Terrorists Brutally Attack Christians While Sparing Muslim Neighbors

Reports of Horrific Torture Of Children In Syria

Kenneth Bae returned to labor camp, sister pleads for his release #BringBackBae

‘Proselytism’ Conviction of Convert from Islam in Morocco Overturned

Central African Republic: Soldiers Lynch Man Minutes After Presidential Address

Syria’s Catholic Leader Opposes Plans to Bring Refugees to the West

Grenade Attack on Phillippine Church

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Why Does The World Turn It’s Back On The Persecution Of Children?

Update: Pastor and Son Killed in Central African Republic as Religious Leaders Try to Keep Peace

Chaos In The Central African Republic, Making Sense & Asking Questions

Nigeria: Battered By Islamic Terror Group – Kill 52, Set 300 Houses Ablaze

Forgive or Forget: Survivors of genocide in the Holocaust, Rwanda & Cambodia

Michigan Mom says School Told Son Not to Bring Bible to School

Syria: Christian Stabbed with Crucifix, Decapitated

Séptimo Idus Aprílis. Luna

Published on 7 Apr 20167 Apr 2016 by TheOldRomanLeave a comment

Séptimo Idus Aprílis. Luna. The Seventh Day of April. The Night of the Moon.

Rotómagi natális sancti Joánnis Baptístæ de La Salle, Presbyteri et Confessóris, qui, in erudiénda adolescéntia præsértim páupere excéllens, et de religióne civilíque societáte præcláre méritus, Fratrum Scholárum Christianárum Sodalitátem instítuit. Eum Pius Duodécimus, Póntifex Máximus, ómnium Magistrórum púeris adolescentibúsque instituéndis præcípuum apud Deum cæléstem Patrónum constítuit. Ipsíus tamen festum Idibus Maji celebrátur. At Rouen, the birthday of St. John Baptist de la Salle, priest and confessor. He was prominent in the education of youth, especially those who were poor, for which he was acclaimed both by religious and civil society. He was the founder of the Society of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Pius XII, Supreme Pontiff, declared him patron of all those who teach children and young people. His feast is celebrated on the 15th of May. In Africa item natális sanctórum Mártyrum Epiphánii Epíscopi, Donáti, Rufíni et aliórum trédecim. In Africa, the birthday of the holy martyrs Epiphanius bishop, Donatus, Rufinus and thirteen others. Alexandríæ sancti Peléusii, Presbyteri, et Mártyris. At Alexandria, St. Peleusius, priest and martyr. Synópe, in Ponto, sanctórum ducentórum Mártyrum. At Sinope, in Pontus, two hundred holy martyrs. In Cilícia sancti Calliópii Mártyris, qui, sub Maximiáno Præfécto, post ália torménta, cápite in terram verso cruci affíxus, nóbili coróna martyrii decorátus est. In Cilicia, under the prefect Maximus, St. Calliopius, martyr. After undergoing other torments, he was fastened to a cross with his head downward, and thus gained the noble crown of martyrdom. Nicomedíæ sancti Cyríaci et aliórum decem Mártyrum. At Nicomedia, St. Cyriacus and ten other martyrs. Verónæ sancti Saturníni, Epíscopi et Confessóris. At Verona, St. Saturninus, bishop and confessor. Romæ sancti Hegesíppi, qui vicínus Apostolórum tempóribus, Romam venit ad Anicétum Pontíficem, ibíque mansit usque ad Eleuthérium, et Ecclesiasticórum Actuum a passióne Dómini usque ad suam ætátem sermóne símplici téxuit históriam; ut, quorum vitam sectabátur, dicéndi quoque exprímeret charactére. At Rome, St. Hegesippus, who lived close to the time of the apostles. He came to Rome while Anicetus was pope, and remained until the time of Eleutherius. He wrote a history of the Church, from the Passion of our Lord to his own time, in a simple style, to make clear the character of those whose life he imitated. In Syria sancti Aphraátis Anachorétæ, qui, Valéntis témpore, cathólicam fidem virtúte miraculórum advérsus Ariános deféndit. In Syria, in the time of Valens, St. Aphraates, an anchoret, who defended the Catholic faith against the Arians by the power of miracles.

Butler’s Lives of the Saints:

April VII.
		St. Aphraates, Anchoret
		St. Hegesippus
		St. Albert, Recluse
		B. Herman Joseph, Confessor
		St. Finan of Keann-Ethich, in Ireland

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Nairobi blasts kill at least six

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Christians flee Syria’s Kessab, Armenia accuses Turkey

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The Snake Creeps As The West Sleeps

Kevin Sorbo: ‘God’s Not Dead’ Star Takes Stand Against Christian Persecution

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President Obama

Turkey’s Latest Jihad on Christian Armenians

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Imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini’s wife asks for prayer

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Kenneth Bae’s 500th Day: Life’s Cycle of Fear, Pain, and Suffering

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Air Force Academy Removes Bible Verse From Cadet’s Whiteboard

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Nigeria: Boko Haram—Over 500 Catholics killed and 20 churches and priests houses destroyed since 2009

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Woman in Sweden Denied Work as Midwife for Refusing to Perform Abortions

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Churches Targeted in Bomb Attacks in Zanzibar, Tanzania

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Open Season on Christians in Libya

Syrian Believers are running out of options

Churches Targeted in Bomb Attacks in Zanzibar, Tanzania

U.S. Supreme High Court turns away homeschoolers’ request for asylum

Why Are Christians the World’s Most Persecuted Group?

Why Has Boko-Haram’s Attacks Continued Unchecked?

The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham’s dhimmi pact for the Christians of Raqqa province

Mainstream Media Mum on Atrocities Against Christians

Islamist Militia Group in Libya Suspected in Killing of Seven Coptic Christians

Religious Leaders In CAR Calling For Calm : “Churches and mosques must be rid of armed infiltrators”

WRITE TO ENCOURAGE Pastor Behnam Irani imprisoned in Iran

Filmmakers address plight of Middle East Christians

Iowa State removing Bibles from hotel guest rooms

Burma (Myanmar): Ethnic Cleansing of Christian Kachin

Syrian town of Saidnaya battles armed groups

Enquiry Of Increased Violence In CAR

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Two murdered in Russian church shooting

Anti-Christian Violence Detailed in Hearing Calling for Filling of Religious Freedom Post

NIGERIA: Terrorists Brutally Attack Christians While Sparing Muslim Neighbors

Reports of Horrific Torture Of Children In Syria

Kenneth Bae returned to labor camp, sister pleads for his release #BringBackBae

‘Proselytism’ Conviction of Convert from Islam in Morocco Overturned

Central African Republic: Soldiers Lynch Man Minutes After Presidential Address

Syria’s Catholic Leader Opposes Plans to Bring Refugees to the West

Grenade Attack on Phillippine Church

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Lunch Lady tells child, ‘You can’t pray’ and ‘It’s not good’

Update: Pastor and Son Killed in Central African Republic as Religious Leaders Try to Keep Peace

Chaos In The Central African Republic, Making Sense & Asking Questions

Nigeria: Battered By Islamic Terror Group – Kill 52, Set 300 Houses Ablaze

Forgive or Forget: Survivors of genocide in the Holocaust, Rwanda & Cambodia

Michigan Mom says School Told Son Not to Bring Bible to School

Syria: Christian Stabbed with Crucifix, Decapitated

Octávo Idus Aprílis. Luna.

Published on 6 Apr 20165 Apr 2016 by TheOldRomanLeave a comment

Octávo Idus Aprílis. Luna. The Sixth Day of April. The Night of the Moon.

Medioláni pássio sancti Petri, ex Ordine Prædicatórum, Mártyris, qui ab hæréticis, ob fidem cathólicam, interémptus est. Ipsíus tamen festívitas recólitur tértio Kaléndas Maji. At Milan, the passion of St. Peter, a martyr belonging to the Order of Preachers, who was slain by the heretics for his Catholic faith. His feast, however, is kept on the 29th of April.
Velehrádii, in Morávia, natális sancti Methódii, Epíscopi et Confessóris, qui, una cum sancto Cyríllo, item Epíscopo et fratre suo, cujus natális sextodécimo Kaléndas Mártii recensétur, multas Slávicas gentes earúmque Reges ad fidem Christi perdúxit. Horum autem Sanctórum festum Nonis Júlii celebrátur. In Moravia, the birthday of St. Methodius, bishop and confessor. Together with his brother, the bishop St. Cyril, whose birthday was the 14th of February, he converted many of the Slav races and their rulers to the faith of Christ. Their feast is celebrated on the 7th day of July.
In Macedónia sanctórum Mártyrum Timóthei et Diógenis. In Macedonia, the holy martyrs Timothy and Diogenes.
In Pérside sanctórum centum vigínti Mártyrum. In Persia, one hundred and twenty holy martyrs.
Ascalóne, in Palæstína, pássio sanctórum Platónidis et aliórum duórum Mártyrum. At Ascalon in Palestine, the passion of St. Platonides and two other martyrs.
Carthágine sancti Marcellíni Mártyris, qui, ob cathólicæ fidei defensiónem, ab hæréticis occísus est. At Carthage, St. Marcellin, who was slain by the heretics for defending the Catholic faith.
In Dánia sancti Guliélmi Abbátis, vita et miráculis clari. In Denmark, St. William, an abbot renowned for his saintly life and miracles.

Butler’s Lives of the Saints:

April VI.
		St. Sixtus, or Xistus I., Pope and Martyr
		A Hundred and Twenty Martyrs of Hadiab, or Hadiabena, in Persia
		St. Celestine, Pope and Confessor
		St. William, Abbot of Eskille, Confessor
		St. Prudentius, Bishop of Troyes, Confessor
		St. Celsus, Bishop in Ireland

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a and Pope Francis on Mideast Christians

Police in India Rebuke, File Case against Christians Fleeing Hindu Extremist Attack

Syria 3 years in war, watch the outcome in 3 mins

Asia Bibi-Disappointment As Courts Postpone Appeal Again

Imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini’s wife asks for prayer

“Anyone who is Non Muslim in Syria is an infidel and should be killed.”

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Western Ignorance of the ‘Conditions of Omar’

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Cardinal Burke: Obama’s policies are ‘progressively more hostile toward Christian civilization’

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Why the Media Doesn’t Cover Jihadist Attacks on Middle East Christians

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Churches Targeted in Bomb Attacks in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Syrian Believers are running out of options

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Syrian Believers are running out of options

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Why Has Boko-Haram’s Attacks Continued Unchecked?

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Islamist Militia Group in Libya Suspected in Killing of Seven Coptic Christians

Religious Leaders In CAR Calling For Calm : “Churches and mosques must be rid of armed infiltrators”

WRITE TO ENCOURAGE Pastor Behnam Irani imprisoned in Iran

Filmmakers address plight of Middle East Christians

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Burma (Myanmar): Ethnic Cleansing of Christian Kachin

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NIGERIA: Terrorists Brutally Attack Christians While Sparing Muslim Neighbors

Reports of Horrific Torture Of Children In Syria

Kenneth Bae returned to labor camp, sister pleads for his release #BringBackBae

‘Proselytism’ Conviction of Convert from Islam in Morocco Overturned

Central African Republic: Soldiers Lynch Man Minutes After Presidential Address

Syria’s Catholic Leader Opposes Plans to Bring Refugees to the West

Grenade Attack on Phillippine Church

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Nairobi blasts kill at least six Updates On The CAR conflict: Chadian troops kill at least 24 in Bangui

Update: Pastor and Son Killed in Central African Republic as Religious Leaders Try to Keep Peace

Chaos In The Central African Republic, Making Sense & Asking Questions

Nigeria: Battered By Islamic Terror Group – Kill 52, Set 300 Houses Ablaze

Forgive or Forget: Survivors of genocide in the Holocaust, Rwanda & Cambodia

Michigan Mom says School Told Son Not to Bring Bible to School

Syria: Christian Stabbed with Crucifix, Decapitated

Nonis Aprílis. Luna.

Published on 5 Apr 20165 Apr 2016 by TheOldRomanLeave a comment

Nonis Aprílis. Luna. The Fifth Day of April. The Night of the Moon.

Venétiæ, in Británnia minóre, sancti Vincéntii, cognoménto Ferrérii, ex Ordine Prædicatórum, Confessóris, qui, potens ópere et sermóne, multa míllia infidélium convértit ad Christum. At Vannes in Brittany, St. Vincent Ferrer, of the Order of Preachers, and confessor. He was mighty in word and deed, and converted many thousands of infidels to Christ. In Africa pássio sanctórum Mártyrum, qui, in persecutióne Regis Ariáni Genseríci, in die Paschæ, in Ecclésia cæsi sunt, quorum Lector, dum in púlpito « ALLELUJA » cantáret, sagítta in gútture transfíxus est. In Africa, during the persecution of the Arian king Genseric, the holy martyrs who were murdered in the church on Easter day. The lector, while singing “Alleluia” at the lectern, was pierced through the throat by an arrow. Eódem die sancti Zenónis Mártyris, qui, pice íllitus et in ignem conjéctus, et hasta in médio rogo vulnerátus, martyrio coronátus est. The same day, the martyr St. Zeno, who was covered with pitch, cast into the fire, and wounded by the thrust of a spear, thus gaining the crown of martyrdom. In Lesbo ínsula pássio sanctárum quinque vírginum, quæ gládio martyrium consummárunt. On the island of Lesbos, the martyrdom of five holy virgins, who were slain by the sword. Thessalonícæ sanctæ Irénes Vírginis, quæ, cum sacros Libros contra Diocletiáni edíctum occultásset, ideo, post tolerántiam cárceris, sagítta percússa est et igne cremáta, jussu Dulcétii Præsidis; sub quo et soróres ejus simul Agape et Chiónia passæ ántea fúerant. At Thessalonica, the virgin St. Irene, who was imprisoned for hiding the sacred books, contrary to the order of Diocletian. She was pierced with an arrow, then burned to death by order of the governor Dulcetius, under whom her sisters Agape and Chionia had previously suffered. Palmæ, in ínsula Majórica, sanctæ Catharínæ Thomas, Vírginis, Canoníssæ Reguláris, ex Ordine sancti Augustíni, quam Pius Papa Undécimus in sanctárum Vírginum númerum rétulit. In the monastery at Palma, in the diocese of Majorca, the birthday of St. Catalina Tomas, Canoness Regular of the Order of St. Augustine, whom Pope Pius XI, in the fiftieth year of his priesthood, placed among the number of virgin saints.

Butler’s Lives of the Saints:

April V.
		St. Vincent Ferrer, Confessor
		St. Gerald, Abbot
		St. Tigernach, Bishop and Confessor in Ireland
		St. Becan, Abbot in Ireland

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Lunch Lady tells child, ‘You can’t pray’ and ‘It’s not good’

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The Snake Creeps As The West Sleeps

Kevin Sorbo: ‘God’s Not Dead’ Star Takes Stand Against Christian Persecution

Wolf to Obama: Appoint Special Envoy For Religious Minorities In The Mid East & South Central Asia

President Obama

Turkey’s Latest Jihad on Christian Armenians

a and Pope Francis on Mideast Christians

Police in India Rebuke, File Case against Christians Fleeing Hindu Extremist Attack

Syria 3 years in war, watch the outcome in 3 mins

Asia Bibi-Disappointment As Courts Postpone Appeal Again

Imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini’s wife asks for prayer

“Anyone who is Non Muslim in Syria is an infidel and should be killed.”

Two Thousand Kessab Armenians Find Safety in Latakia

Western Ignorance of the ‘Conditions of Omar’

Who woke up the Jihadists in Syria? Why Islamization failed?

Cardinal Burke: Obama’s policies are ‘progressively more hostile toward Christian civilization’

Sudan Bible College Bombed

Why the Media Doesn’t Cover Jihadist Attacks on Middle East Christians

Peaceful Angels – The story of Syrian Christians who suffer the ultimate price

UN report blasts Iran for persecution of Christians, other religious minorities

Christian Converts in Laos Told to Leave Faith or Face Expulsion

Concerned for your freedom of speech?

Why Does The World Turn It’s Back On The Persecution Of Children?

Press Statement by MCA Youth Legal Bureau on the conviction of the Indonesian Christian reflexologist in Penang

Young Christian Girl Abducted And Forcibly Converted To Islam In Rahim Yar Khan

CAR Update: Still Unclear Warlords? Rebels? & Who Is Igniting The Flames?

Kenneth Bae’s 500th Day: Life’s Cycle of Fear, Pain, and Suffering

More than 100 Christians Slain as Herdsmen Burn Homes, Chuch Buildings in Nigeria

Air Force Academy Removes Bible Verse From Cadet’s Whiteboard

Islamic Extremists in Somalia Behead Two Christians

Kim Jong-Un Orders Execution Of 33 People For Contact With Christian Missionary

Nigeria: Boko Haram—Over 500 Catholics killed and 20 churches and priests houses destroyed since 2009

Grieving California mom takes down cross on road after Atheist’s protest

Woman in Sweden Denied Work as Midwife for Refusing to Perform Abortions

Muslim Extremists Sabotaged Church Foundations In A Village Near Okara

Are Middle Eastern Christians Considered Collateral Damage?

Churches Targeted in Bomb Attacks in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Syrian Believers are running out of options

Open Season on Christians in Libya

Syrian Believers are running out of options

Churches Targeted in Bomb Attacks in Zanzibar, Tanzania

U.S. Supreme High Court turns away homeschoolers’ request for asylum

Why Are Christians the World’s Most Persecuted Group?

Why Has Boko-Haram’s Attacks Continued Unchecked?

The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham’s dhimmi pact for the Christians of Raqqa province

Mainstream Media Mum on Atrocities Against Christians

Islamist Militia Group in Libya Suspected in Killing of Seven Coptic Christians

Religious Leaders In CAR Calling For Calm : “Churches and mosques must be rid of armed infiltrators”

WRITE TO ENCOURAGE Pastor Behnam Irani imprisoned in Iran

Filmmakers address plight of Middle East Christians

Iowa State removing Bibles from hotel guest rooms

Burma (Myanmar): Ethnic Cleansing of Christian Kachin

Syrian town of Saidnaya battles armed groups

Enquiry Of Increased Violence In CAR

Machine Gun Preacher Raided By FBI

Pakistan Christian Man Allegedly Tortured and Murdered By Police in Islamabad

Two murdered in Russian church shooting

Anti-Christian Violence Detailed in Hearing Calling for Filling of Religious Freedom Post

NIGERIA: Terrorists Brutally Attack Christians While Sparing Muslim Neighbors

Reports of Horrific Torture Of Children In Syria

Kenneth Bae returned to labor camp, sister pleads for his release #BringBackBae

‘Proselytism’ Conviction of Convert from Islam in Morocco Overturned

Central African Republic: Soldiers Lynch Man Minutes After Presidential Address

Syria’s Catholic Leader Opposes Plans to Bring Refugees to the West

Grenade Attack on Phillippine Church

How Syrian Christians Are In Danger

Updates On The CAR conflict: Chadian troops kill at least 24 in Bangui

Update: Pastor and Son Killed in Central African Republic as Religious Leaders Try to Keep Peace

Chaos In The Central African Republic, Making Sense & Asking Questions

Nigeria: Battered By Islamic Terror Group – Kill 52, Set 300 Houses Ablaze

Forgive or Forget: Survivors of genocide in the Holocaust, Rwanda & Cambodia

Michigan Mom says School Told Son Not to Bring Bible to School

Syria: Christian Stabbed with Crucifix, Decapitated

Prídie Nonas Aprílis. Luna.

Published on 4 Apr 20163 Apr 2016 by TheOldRomanLeave a comment

Prídie Nonas Aprílis. Luna. The Fourth Day of April. The Night of the Moon.

Híspali, in Hispánia, sancti Isidóri Epíscopi, Confessóris et Ecclésiæ Doctóris, sanctitáte et doctrína conspícui; qui zelo cathólicæ fidei et ecclesiásticæ observántia disciplinæ Hispánias illustrávit. At Seville in Spain, St. Isidore, bishop, confessor, and doctor of the Church. He was conspicuous for sanctity and learning, and had brightened all Spain by his zeal for the Catholic faith and his observance of Church discipline. Medioláni deposítio sancti Ambrósii Epíscopi, Confessóris et Ecclésiæ Doctóris; cujus stúdio, inter cétera doctrínæ et miraculórum insígnia, témpore Ariánæ perfídiæ, tota fere Itália ad cathólicam fidem convérsa est. Ipsíus tamen festívitas séptimo Idus Decémbris potíssimum recólitur, quo die Epíscopus Mediolanénsis ordinátus est. At Milan, the death of St. Ambrose, bishop and confessor, doctor of the Church. By his zeal, besides other monuments to his learning and miracles, almost all Italy returned to the Catholic faith at the time of the Arian heresy. His feast is properly kept on the seventh of December, on which day he became Bishop of Milan. Thessalonícæ sanctórum Mártyrum Agathópodis Diáconi, et Theodúli Lectóris, qui, sub Maximiáno Imperatóre et Faustíno Prǽside, ob Christiánæ fidei confessiónem, in mare, alligáto ad collum saxo, demérsi sunt. At Thessalonica, in the time of Emperor Maximian and the governor Faustinus, the holy martyrs Agathopodes, a deacon, and Theodulus, a lector, who, for the confession of the Catholic faith, had stones tied to their necks and were drowned in the sea. Constantinópoli sancti Platónis Mónachi, qui plúribus annis advérsus hæréticos, sanctárum Imáginum effractóres, invícto ánimo decertávit. At Constantinople, the monk St. Plato. For many years he combated with dauntless courage the heretics bent on destroying sacred images. In Palæstína sancti Zósimi Anachorétæ, qui funus sanctæ Maríæ Ægyptíacæ curávit. In Palestine, the anchoret St. Zosimus, who took care of the funeral of St. Mary of Egypt. Panórmi sancti Benedícti a sancto Philadélpho, ob córporis nigrédinem cognoménto Nigri, ex Ordine Minórum, Confessóris; qui, signis et virtútibus clarus, in Dómino quiévit, et a Pio Séptimo, Pontífice Máximo, in Sanctórum númerum relátus est. At Palermo, St. Benedict of St. Philadelphus, called the Black because of the darkness of his body, a confessor of the Order of Friars Minor. After becoming outstanding for signs and virtues, he went to rest in the Lord, and was enrolled among the saints by Pope Pius VII.

Butler’s Lives of the Saints:

April IV.
		St. Isidore, Bishop of Seville
		St. Plato, Abbot

Nairobi blasts kill at least six

Lunch Lady tells child, ‘You can’t pray’ and ‘It’s not good’

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Supporters Attack Church, Four Dead

The Snake Creeps As The West Sleeps

Kevin Sorbo: ‘God’s Not Dead’ Star Takes Stand Against Christian Persecution

Wolf to Obama: Appoint Special Envoy For Religious Minorities In The Mid East & South Central Asia

President Obama

Turkey’s Latest Jihad on Christian Armenians

a and Pope Francis on Mideast Christians

Police in India Rebuke, File Case against Christians Fleeing Hindu Extremist Attack

Syria 3 years in war, watch the outcome in 3 mins

Asia Bibi-Disappointment As Courts Postpone Appeal Again

Imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini’s wife asks for prayer

“Anyone who is Non Muslim in Syria is an infidel and should be killed.”

Two Thousand Kessab Armenians Find Safety in Latakia

Western Ignorance of the ‘Conditions of Omar’

Who woke up the Jihadists in Syria? Why Islamization failed?

Cardinal Burke: Obama’s policies are ‘progressively more hostile toward Christian civilization’

Sudan Bible College Bombed

Why the Media Doesn’t Cover Jihadist Attacks on Middle East Christians

Peaceful Angels – The story of Syrian Christians who suffer the ultimate price

UN report blasts Iran for persecution of Christians, other religious minorities

Christian Converts in Laos Told to Leave Faith or Face Expulsion

Concerned for your freedom of speech?

Why Does The World Turn It’s Back On The Persecution Of Children?

Press Statement by MCA Youth Legal Bureau on the conviction of the Indonesian Christian reflexologist in Penang

Young Christian Girl Abducted And Forcibly Converted To Islam In Rahim Yar Khan

CAR Update: Still Unclear Warlords? Rebels? & Who Is Igniting The Flames?

Kenneth Bae’s 500th Day: Life’s Cycle of Fear, Pain, and Suffering

More than 100 Christians Slain as Herdsmen Burn Homes, Chuch Buildings in Nigeria

Air Force Academy Removes Bible Verse From Cadet’s Whiteboard

Islamic Extremists in Somalia Behead Two Christians

Kim Jong-Un Orders Execution Of 33 People For Contact With Christian Missionary

Nigeria: Boko Haram—Over 500 Catholics killed and 20 churches and priests houses destroyed since 2009

Grieving California mom takes down cross on road after Atheist’s protest

Woman in Sweden Denied Work as Midwife for Refusing to Perform Abortions

Muslim Extremists Sabotaged Church Foundations In A Village Near Okara

Are Middle Eastern Christians Considered Collateral Damage?

Churches Targeted in Bomb Attacks in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Syrian Believers are running out of options

Open Season on Christians in Libya

Syrian Believers are running out of options

Churches Targeted in Bomb Attacks in Zanzibar, Tanzania

U.S. Supreme High Court turns away homeschoolers’ request for asylum

Why Are Christians the World’s Most Persecuted Group?

Why Has Boko-Haram’s Attacks Continued Unchecked?

The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham’s dhimmi pact for the Christians of Raqqa province

Mainstream Media Mum on Atrocities Against Christians

Islamist Militia Group in Libya Suspected in Killing of Seven Coptic Christians

Religious Leaders In CAR Calling For Calm : “Churches and mosques must be rid of armed infiltrators”

WRITE TO ENCOURAGE Pastor Behnam Irani imprisoned in Iran

Filmmakers address plight of Middle East Christians

Iowa State removing Bibles from hotel guest rooms

Burma (Myanmar): Ethnic Cleansing of Christian Kachin

Syrian town of Saidnaya battles armed groups

Enquiry Of Increased Violence In CAR

Machine Gun Preacher Raided By FBI

Pakistan Christian Man Allegedly Tortured and Murdered By Police in Islamabad

Two murdered in Russian church shooting

Anti-Christian Violence Detailed in Hearing Calling for Filling of Religious Freedom Post

NIGERIA: Terrorists Brutally Attack Christians While Sparing Muslim Neighbors

Reports of Horrific Torture Of Children In Syria

Kenneth Bae returned to labor camp, sister pleads for his release #BringBackBae

‘Proselytism’ Conviction of Convert from Islam in Morocco Overturned

Central African Republic: Soldiers Lynch Man Minutes After Presidential Address

Syria’s Catholic Leader Opposes Plans to Bring Refugees to the West

Grenade Attack on Phillippine Church

How Syrian Christians Are In Danger

Save 26 year old Rayhaneh Jabbari from being hanged in Iran

Update: Pastor and Son Killed in Central African Republic as Religious Leaders Try to Keep Peace

Chaos In The Central African Republic, Making Sense & Asking Questions

Nigeria: Battered By Islamic Terror Group – Kill 52, Set 300 Houses Ablaze

Forgive or Forget: Survivors of genocide in the Holocaust, Rwanda & Cambodia

Michigan Mom says School Told Son Not to Bring Bible to School

Syria: Christian Stabbed with Crucifix, Decapitated

Quarto Nonas Aprílis. Luna.

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Quarto Nonas Aprílis. Luna. The Second Day of April. The Night of the Moon.

Turónis, in Gállia, sancti Francísci de Paula Confessóris, qui Ordinis Minimórum Institútor éxstitit; atque, virtútibus et miráculis clarus, a Leóne Papa Décimo in Sanctórum númerum est adscríptus. At Tours in France, St. Francis of Paula, founder of the Order of Minims. Because he was renowned for virtues and miracles, he was inscribed among the saints by Pope Leo X. Cæsaréæ, in Palæstína, natális sancti Apphiáni Mártyris, qui, ante sanctum Ædésium Mártyrem, fratrem suum, in persecutióne Galérii Maximiáni, cum Prǽsidem Urbánum idólis immolántem arguísset, sæve dilaniátus est, et, pédibus lino in óleum intíncto eóque incénso obvolútis, acerbíssime cruciátus, ac demum in mare demérsus; atque ita, tránsiens per ignem et aquam, edúctus est in refrigérium. At Caesarea in Palestine, during the persecution of Galerius Maximian, the birthday of the martyr St. Amphian. He reproved the governor Urban for sacrificing to idols, so his body was cruelly cut in shreds, his feet wrapped in oil-soaked cloths, and set on fire. After these painful torments, he was cast into the sea. Thus through fire and water, he reached his everlasting repose. Ibídem pássio sanctæ Theodósiæ, Vírginis Tyriæ, quæ, in eádem persecutióne, cum sanctos Confessóres ante tribúnal stantes públice salutásset, atque rogásset eos, ut, cum ad Dóminum perveníssent, sui recordaréntur, a milítibus tenta et ad Urbánum Prǽsidem ducta est; eóque jubénte, latéribus et mammis ad interióra usque dilaniátis, in mare tandem projícitur. In the same city, the passion of St. Theodosia, a virgin of Tyre. In the same persecution, she publicly spoke to the holy confessors as they stood before the tribunal, and begged of them to remember her when they should be with God. She was arrested and led to the governor Urban, at whose order her sides and breasts were deeply lacerated, and she was thrown into the sea. Apud Língonas, in Gállia, sancti Urbáni Epíscopi. At Langres in France, Bishop St. Urban. Apud Comum sancti Abúndii, Epíscopi et Confessóris. At Como, St. Abundius, bishop and confessor. Cápuæ sancti Victóris Epíscopi, eruditióne et sanctitáte conspícui. At Capua, Bishop St. Victor, well known for his sanctity and learning. Lugdúni, in Gállia, sancti Nicétii, ejúsdem urbis Epíscopi, vita et miráculis clari. At Lyons in France, St. Nicetus, bishop of that city, renowned for his life and miracles. In Palæstína deposítio sanctæ Maríæ Ægyptíacæ, quæ peccátrix appellátur. In Palestine, the death of St. Mary of Egypt, called the Sinner.

Butler’s Lives of the Saints:

April II.
		St. Francis of Paula, Founder of the Order of Minims, Confessor
		St. Apian, Martyr
		St. Theodosia, Virgin and Martyr
		St. Nicetius, Archbishop of Lyons, Confessor
		St. Ebba, Abbess, and Her Companions, Martyrs
		B. Constantine II., King of Scotland, Martyr
		St. Bronacha, or Bronanna, Virgin and Abbess in Ireland

ORCCE Ordo: Feria Quarta infra Hebdomadam IV in Quadragesima ~ Feria major

Lunch Lady tells child, ‘You can’t pray’ and ‘It’s not good’

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Supporters Attack Church, Four Dead

The Snake Creeps As The West Sleeps

Kevin Sorbo: ‘God’s Not Dead’ Star Takes Stand Against Christian Persecution

Wolf to Obama: Appoint Special Envoy For Religious Minorities In The Mid East & South Central Asia

President Obama

Turkey’s Latest Jihad on Christian Armenians

a and Pope Francis on Mideast Christians

Police in India Rebuke, File Case against Christians Fleeing Hindu Extremist Attack

Syria 3 years in war, watch the outcome in 3 mins

Asia Bibi-Disappointment As Courts Postpone Appeal Again

Imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini’s wife asks for prayer

“Anyone who is Non Muslim in Syria is an infidel and should be killed.”

Two Thousand Kessab Armenians Find Safety in Latakia

Western Ignorance of the ‘Conditions of Omar’

Who woke up the Jihadists in Syria? Why Islamization failed?

Cardinal Burke: Obama’s policies are ‘progressively more hostile toward Christian civilization’

Sudan Bible College Bombed

Why the Media Doesn’t Cover Jihadist Attacks on Middle East Christians

Peaceful Angels – The story of Syrian Christians who suffer the ultimate price

UN report blasts Iran for persecution of Christians, other religious minorities

Christian Converts in Laos Told to Leave Faith or Face Expulsion

Concerned for your freedom of speech?

Why Does The World Turn It’s Back On The Persecution Of Children?

Press Statement by MCA Youth Legal Bureau on the conviction of the Indonesian Christian reflexologist in Penang

Young Christian Girl Abducted And Forcibly Converted To Islam In Rahim Yar Khan

CAR Update: Still Unclear Warlords? Rebels? & Who Is Igniting The Flames?

Kenneth Bae’s 500th Day: Life’s Cycle of Fear, Pain, and Suffering

More than 100 Christians Slain as Herdsmen Burn Homes, Chuch Buildings in Nigeria

Air Force Academy Removes Bible Verse From Cadet’s Whiteboard

Islamic Extremists in Somalia Behead Two Christians

Kim Jong-Un Orders Execution Of 33 People For Contact With Christian Missionary

Nigeria: Boko Haram—Over 500 Catholics killed and 20 churches and priests houses destroyed since 2009

Grieving California mom takes down cross on road after Atheist’s protest

Woman in Sweden Denied Work as Midwife for Refusing to Perform Abortions

Muslim Extremists Sabotaged Church Foundations In A Village Near Okara

Are Middle Eastern Christians Considered Collateral Damage?

Churches Targeted in Bomb Attacks in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Syrian Believers are running out of options

Open Season on Christians in Libya

Syrian Believers are running out of options

Churches Targeted in Bomb Attacks in Zanzibar, Tanzania

U.S. Supreme High Court turns away homeschoolers’ request for asylum

Why Are Christians the World’s Most Persecuted Group?

Why Has Boko-Haram’s Attacks Continued Unchecked?

The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham’s dhimmi pact for the Christians of Raqqa province

Mainstream Media Mum on Atrocities Against Christians

Islamist Militia Group in Libya Suspected in Killing of Seven Coptic Christians

Religious Leaders In CAR Calling For Calm : “Churches and mosques must be rid of armed infiltrators”

WRITE TO ENCOURAGE Pastor Behnam Irani imprisoned in Iran

Filmmakers address plight of Middle East Christians

Iowa State removing Bibles from hotel guest rooms

Burma (Myanmar): Ethnic Cleansing of Christian Kachin

Syrian town of Saidnaya battles armed groups

Enquiry Of Increased Violence In CAR

Machine Gun Preacher Raided By FBI

Pakistan Christian Man Allegedly Tortured and Murdered By Police in Islamabad

Two murdered in Russian church shooting

Anti-Christian Violence Detailed in Hearing Calling for Filling of Religious Freedom Post

NIGERIA: Terrorists Brutally Attack Christians While Sparing Muslim Neighbors

Reports of Horrific Torture Of Children In Syria

Kenneth Bae returned to labor camp, sister pleads for his release #BringBackBae

‘Proselytism’ Conviction of Convert from Islam in Morocco Overturned

Central African Republic: Soldiers Lynch Man Minutes After Presidential Address

Syria’s Catholic Leader Opposes Plans to Bring Refugees to the West

Grenade Attack on Phillippine Church

How Syrian Christians Are In Danger

Lunch Lady tells child, ‘You can’t pray’ and ‘It’s not good’

Update: Pastor and Son Killed in Central African Republic as Religious Leaders Try to Keep Peace

Chaos In The Central African Republic, Making Sense & Asking Questions

Nigeria: Battered By Islamic Terror Group – Kill 52, Set 300 Houses Ablaze

Forgive or Forget: Survivors of genocide in the Holocaust, Rwanda & Cambodia

Michigan Mom says School Told Son Not to Bring Bible to School

Syria: Christian Stabbed with Crucifix, Decapitated

Kaléndis Aprílis. Luna.

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Kaléndis Aprílis. Luna. The First Day of April. The Night of the Moon.

Romæ pássio sanctæ Theodóræ, soróris illustríssimi Mártyris Hermétis, quæ, sub Hadriáno Imperatóre, ab Aureliáno Júdice affécta martyrio, sepúlta est juxta fratrem suum, via Salária, non longe ab Urbe. At Rome, the passion of St. Theodora, sister of the illustrious martyr Hermes. She underwent martyrdom in the time of Emperor Adrian, under the judge Aurelian, and was buried at the side of her brother, on the Salarian Way, a short distance from the city. Eódem die sancti Venántii, Epíscopi et Mártyris. The same day, St. Venantius, bishop and martyr. In Ægypto sanctórum Mártyrum Victóris et Stéphani. In Egypt, the holy martyrs Victor and Stephen. In Arménia sanctórum Mártyrum Quinctiáni et Irenǽi. In Armenia, the holy martyrs Quinctian and Irenæus. Constantinópoli sancti Macárii Confessóris, qui, sub Leóne Imperatóre, pro assertióne sanctárum Imáginum, in exsílio vitam finívit. At Constantinople, under Emperor Leo, St. Macarius, confessor, who ended his life in exile for defending the veneration of sacred images. Ardpatrícii, in Momónia Hibérniæ província, sancti Celsi Epíscopi, qui beátum Malachíam in Episcopátu præcéssit. At Ard-Patrick in Munster, a province of Ireland, Bishop St. Celsus, who preceded blessed Malachy in that bishopric. Gratianópoli, in Gállia, sancti Hugónis Epíscopi, qui multis annis in solitúdine vitam exégit, et miraculórum glória clarus migrávit ad Dóminum. At Grenoble in France, Bishop St. Hugh, who spent many years of his life in solitude, and departed for heaven with a great reputation for miracles. Apud Ambiánum, in Gállia, sancti Waleríci Abbátis, cujus sepúlcrum crebris miráculis illustrátur. At Amiens in France, Abbot St. Valery, whose tomb is well known for its frequent miracles.

Butler’s Lives of the Saints:

April I.
		St. Hugh, Bishop of Grenoble, Confessor
		St. Melito, Bishop of Sardes in Lydia, Confessor
		St. Gilbert, Bishop of Caithness, in Scotland

ORCCE Ordo: Feria Tertia infra Hebdomadam IV in Quadragesima ~ Feria major

Save 26 year old Rayhaneh Jabbari from being hanged in Iran

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Supporters Attack Church, Four Dead

The Snake Creeps As The West Sleeps

Kevin Sorbo: ‘God’s Not Dead’ Star Takes Stand Against Christian Persecution

Wolf to Obama: Appoint Special Envoy For Religious Minorities In The Mid East & South Central Asia

President Obama

Turkey’s Latest Jihad on Christian Armenians

a and Pope Francis on Mideast Christians

Police in India Rebuke, File Case against Christians Fleeing Hindu Extremist Attack

Syria 3 years in war, watch the outcome in 3 mins

Asia Bibi-Disappointment As Courts Postpone Appeal Again

Imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini’s wife asks for prayer

“Anyone who is Non Muslim in Syria is an infidel and should be killed.”

Two Thousand Kessab Armenians Find Safety in Latakia

Western Ignorance of the ‘Conditions of Omar’

Who woke up the Jihadists in Syria? Why Islamization failed?

Cardinal Burke: Obama’s policies are ‘progressively more hostile toward Christian civilization’

Sudan Bible College Bombed

Why the Media Doesn’t Cover Jihadist Attacks on Middle East Christians

Peaceful Angels – The story of Syrian Christians who suffer the ultimate price

UN report blasts Iran for persecution of Christians, other religious minorities

Christian Converts in Laos Told to Leave Faith or Face Expulsion

Concerned for your freedom of speech?

Why Does The World Turn It’s Back On The Persecution Of Children?

Press Statement by MCA Youth Legal Bureau on the conviction of the Indonesian Christian reflexologist in Penang

Young Christian Girl Abducted And Forcibly Converted To Islam In Rahim Yar Khan

CAR Update: Still Unclear Warlords? Rebels? & Who Is Igniting The Flames?

Kenneth Bae’s 500th Day: Life’s Cycle of Fear, Pain, and Suffering

More than 100 Christians Slain as Herdsmen Burn Homes, Chuch Buildings in Nigeria

Air Force Academy Removes Bible Verse From Cadet’s Whiteboard

Islamic Extremists in Somalia Behead Two Christians

Kim Jong-Un Orders Execution Of 33 People For Contact With Christian Missionary

Nigeria: Boko Haram—Over 500 Catholics killed and 20 churches and priests houses destroyed since 2009

Grieving California mom takes down cross on road after Atheist’s protest

Woman in Sweden Denied Work as Midwife for Refusing to Perform Abortions

Muslim Extremists Sabotaged Church Foundations In A Village Near Okara

Are Middle Eastern Christians Considered Collateral Damage?

Churches Targeted in Bomb Attacks in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Syrian Believers are running out of options

Open Season on Christians in Libya

Syrian Believers are running out of options

Churches Targeted in Bomb Attacks in Zanzibar, Tanzania

U.S. Supreme High Court turns away homeschoolers’ request for asylum

Why Are Christians the World’s Most Persecuted Group?

Why Has Boko-Haram’s Attacks Continued Unchecked?

The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham’s dhimmi pact for the Christians of Raqqa province

Mainstream Media Mum on Atrocities Against Christians

Islamist Militia Group in Libya Suspected in Killing of Seven Coptic Christians

Religious Leaders In CAR Calling For Calm : “Churches and mosques must be rid of armed infiltrators”

WRITE TO ENCOURAGE Pastor Behnam Irani imprisoned in Iran

Filmmakers address plight of Middle East Christians

Iowa State removing Bibles from hotel guest rooms

Burma (Myanmar): Ethnic Cleansing of Christian Kachin

Syrian town of Saidnaya battles armed groups

Enquiry Of Increased Violence In CAR

Machine Gun Preacher Raided By FBI

Pakistan Christian Man Allegedly Tortured and Murdered By Police in Islamabad

Two murdered in Russian church shooting

Anti-Christian Violence Detailed in Hearing Calling for Filling of Religious Freedom Post

NIGERIA: Terrorists Brutally Attack Christians While Sparing Muslim Neighbors

Reports of Horrific Torture Of Children In Syria

Kenneth Bae returned to labor camp, sister pleads for his release #BringBackBae

‘Proselytism’ Conviction of Convert from Islam in Morocco Overturned

Central African Republic: Soldiers Lynch Man Minutes After Presidential Address

Syria’s Catholic Leader Opposes Plans to Bring Refugees to the West

Grenade Attack on Phillippine Church

How Syrian Christians Are In Danger

Why Does The World Turn It’s Back On The Persecution Of Children?

Update: Pastor and Son Killed in Central African Republic as Religious Leaders Try to Keep Peace

Chaos In The Central African Republic, Making Sense & Asking Questions

Nigeria: Battered By Islamic Terror Group – Kill 52, Set 300 Houses Ablaze

Forgive or Forget: Survivors of genocide in the Holocaust, Rwanda & Cambodia

Michigan Mom says School Told Son Not to Bring Bible to School

Syria: Christian Stabbed with Crucifix, Decapitated

Prídie Kaléndas Aprílis. Luna.

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Prídie Kaléndas Aprílis. Luna. The Thirty-First Day of March. The Night of the Moon.

Thécuæ, in Palæstína, sancti Amos Prophétæ, qui ab Amasía Sacerdóte frequénter plagis afflíctus est, atque ab hujus fílio Ozía vecte per témpora transfíxus; et póstea, semivívus in pátriam devéctus, ibídem exspirávit, sepultúsque est cum pátribus suis. At Thecua in Palestine, the holy prophet Amos, whom the priest Amasias frequently had scourged. Ozias, that priest’s son, pierced his head at the temples with an iron spike. Being carried half dead to his own country, he died there, and was buried with his family.
In Pérside sancti Bénjamin Diáconi, qui, cum Dei verbum non desísteret prædicáre, ídeo, sub Isdegérde Rege, arundínibus acútis confíxus únguibus, et spinósa sude per alvum transmíssa, martyrium consummávit. In Persia, during the reign of King Isdegerdes, the deacon St. Benjamin. Because he would not stop preaching the word of God, he had a sharp reed forced under his nails, a thorny stake driven through his body, and thus completed his martyrdom.
In Africa sanctórum Mártyrum Theodúli, Anésii, Felícis, Cornéliæ et Sociórum. In Africa, the holy martyrs Theodulus, Anesius, Felix, Cornelia, and their companions.

Romæ sanctæ Balbínæ Vírginis, fíliæ beáti Quiríni Mártyris, quæ, a sancto Alexándro Papa baptizáta, in sancta virginitáte Christum sibi sponsum elégit; et, post devíctum hujus sæculi cursum, sepúlta est via Appia, juxta patrem suum. At Rome, the virgin St. Balbina, daughter of the blessed martyr Quirinus. She was baptized by Pope Alexander, and she chose Christ as her spouse in her virginity. After overcoming the world, she was buried at her father’s side on the Appian Way.

Et álibi aliórum plurimórum sanctórum Mártyrum et Confessórum, atque sanctárum Vírginum.
R. Deo grátias.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
R. Thanks be to God.

March XXXI.
		St. Benjamin, Deacon, Martyr
		St. Acacius, or Achates, Bishop of Antioch, in Asia Minor, Confessor
		St. Guy, Confessor

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Tértio Kaléndas Aprílis. Luna.

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Tértio Kaléndas Aprílis. Luna. The Thirtieth Day of March. The Night of the Moon.

Romæ, via Appia, pássio beáti Quiríni Tribúni, patris sanctæ Balbínæ Vírginis, qui a beáto Alexándro Papa, quem habébat in custódia, cum omni domo sua baptizátus est; atque, sub Hadriáno Imperatóre, cum esset tráditus Aureliáno Júdici, et in fídei confessióne persísteret, invíctus Christi miles, post linguæ abscissiónem, equúlei suspensiónem, manuúmque ac pedum detruncatiónem, martyrii agónem gládio consummávit. At Rome, on the Appian Way, the martyrdom of the tribune blessed Quirinus, who had been baptized with all his household by Pope St. Alexander when he was imprisoned in their house. Under Emperor Adrian, he was delivered to the judge Aurelian, and because he persevered in the confession of faith, his tongue was torn out, he was stretched on the rack, his hands and feet were cut off, and the sword completed his course of martyrdom. Thessalonícæ natális sanctórum Mártyrum Domníni, Victóris et Sociórum. At Thessalonica, the birthday of the holy martyrs Domninus, Victor, and their companions. Constantinópoli commemorátio sanctórum plurimórum Mártyrum cathólicæ communiónis, quos, Constántii témpore, Macedónius hæresiárcha, inaudítis tormentórum genéribus cruciátos, occídit; nam, inter cétera, fidélium mulíerum úbera inter compréssa arcárum labra dissécuit, et candénti ferro combússit. At Constantinople, in the time of Constantius, the commemoration of many holy martyrs of the Catholic communion, whom the heresiarch Macedonius put to death by unheard-of kinds of torments. Among other tortures, they were burned with red-hot irons, and the breasts of Christian women were cut away between the lids of coffers. In castro Silvanecténsi, in Gállia, deposítio sancti Réguli, Arelaténsis Epíscopi. At Senlis in France, the death of St. Regulus, bishop of Arles. Auréliæ, in Gállia, sancti Pastóris Epíscopi. At Orleans in France, Bishop St. Pastor. Syracúsis, in Sicília, sancti Zósimi, Epíscopi et Confessóris. At Syracuse, St. Zosimus, bishop and confessor. In monte Sina sancti Joánnis Clímaci Abbátis. On Mount Sinai, Abbot St. John Climacus. Aquilériæ, in Hispánia, sancti Petri Regaláti, in urbe Vallisoletána orti, Sacerdótis ex Ordine Minórum et Confessóris, reguláris disciplínæ in Hispániæ cœnóbiis restitutóris; quem Benedíctus Décimus quartus, Póntifex Máximus, Sanctórum fastis adscrípsit. At Aquileria in Spain, the confessor St. Peter Regalado, priest of the Order of Friars Minor. He was born in Valladolid, and restored the regular discipline in the Spanish monasteries. Pope Benedict XIV placed him on the roll of saints. Apud Aquínum sancti Clínii Confessóris. At Aquino, St. Clinius confessor.

Butler’s Lives of the Saints:


March XXX.
		St. John Climacus, Abbot
		St. Zozimus, Bishop of Syracuse
		St. Regulus, or Rieul

ORCCE Ordo: Dominica Rosa

Imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini’s wife asks for prayer

“Anyone who is Non Muslim in Syria is an infidel and should be killed.”

Two Thousand Kessab Armenians Find Safety in Latakia

Western Ignorance of the ‘Conditions of Omar’

Who woke up the Jihadists in Syria? Why Islamization failed?

Cardinal Burke: Obama’s policies are ‘progressively more hostile toward Christian civilization’

Sudan Bible College Bombed

Why the Media Doesn’t Cover Jihadist Attacks on Middle East Christians

Peaceful Angels – The story of Syrian Christians who suffer the ultimate price

UN report blasts Iran for persecution of Christians, other religious minorities

Christian Converts in Laos Told to Leave Faith or Face Expulsion

Concerned for your freedom of speech?

Press Statement by MCA Youth Legal Bureau on the conviction of the Indonesian Christian reflexologist in Penang

Young Christian Girl Abducted And Forcibly Converted To Islam In Rahim Yar Khan

CAR Update: Still Unclear Warlords? Rebels? & Who Is Igniting The Flames?

Kenneth Bae’s 500th Day: Life’s Cycle of Fear, Pain, and Suffering

More than 100 Christians Slain as Herdsmen Burn Homes, Chuch Buildings in Nigeria

Air Force Academy Removes Bible Verse From Cadet’s Whiteboard

Islamic Extremists in Somalia Behead Two Christians

Kim Jong-Un Orders Execution Of 33 People For Contact With Christian Missionary

Nigeria: Boko Haram—Over 500 Catholics killed and 20 churches and priests houses destroyed since 2009

Grieving California mom takes down cross on road after Atheist’s protest

Woman in Sweden Denied Work as Midwife for Refusing to Perform Abortions

Muslim Extremists Sabotaged Church Foundations In A Village Near Okara

Are Middle Eastern Christians Considered Collateral Damage?

Churches Targeted in Bomb Attacks in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Syrian Believers are running out of options

Open Season on Christians in Libya

Syrian Believers are running out of options

Churches Targeted in Bomb Attacks in Zanzibar, Tanzania

U.S. Supreme High Court turns away homeschoolers’ request for asylum

Why Are Christians the World’s Most Persecuted Group?

Why Has Boko-Haram’s Attacks Continued Unchecked?

The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham’s dhimmi pact for the Christians of Raqqa province

Mainstream Media Mum on Atrocities Against Christians

Islamist Militia Group in Libya Suspected in Killing of Seven Coptic Christians

Religious Leaders In CAR Calling For Calm : “Churches and mosques must be rid of armed infiltrators”

WRITE TO ENCOURAGE Pastor Behnam Irani imprisoned in Iran

Filmmakers address plight of Middle East Christians

Iowa State removing Bibles from hotel guest rooms

Burma (Myanmar): Ethnic Cleansing of Christian Kachin

Syrian town of Saidnaya battles armed groups

Enquiry Of Increased Violence In CAR

Machine Gun Preacher Raided By FBI

Pakistan Christian Man Allegedly Tortured and Murdered By Police in Islamabad

Two murdered in Russian church shooting

Anti-Christian Violence Detailed in Hearing Calling for Filling of Religious Freedom Post

NIGERIA: Terrorists Brutally Attack Christians While Sparing Muslim Neighbors

Reports of Horrific Torture Of Children In Syria

Kenneth Bae returned to labor camp, sister pleads for his release #BringBackBae

‘Proselytism’ Conviction of Convert from Islam in Morocco Overturned

Central African Republic: Soldiers Lynch Man Minutes After Presidential Address

Syria’s Catholic Leader Opposes Plans to Bring Refugees to the West

Grenade Attack on Phillippine Church

How Syrian Christians Are In Danger