Feast day of one of the most amazing saints of the 20th century.
The most deadly poison of our times is indifference. -- Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Praying for a Mexican priest who was caught in crossfire during a drug gang's shootout with the police... he's in Heaven now.
you could be tarred, feathered and ridden out of town on a rail by order of the Town Council. Such was the fate of Fr Johannes Bapst in the enlightened days of 1851...
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…I believe in Jesus Christ who has given his own life for us. I know what is the meaning of the cross… and I am ready to die for a cause, I’m living for the community and suffering people. I will die to defend their rights… I prefer to die for my principles and for the justice of my community, rather than to compromise…
-Shahbaz Bhatti, a Roman Catholic gov’t minister, killed early this month as Islamist extremists push for Sharia Law and continue to kill religious minorities and attack Liberal Muslim women. (via andrv)