The charity has also provided emergency aid – including food – to hundreds of people driven out of their homes by the insurgency. Photo: Aid to the Church in Need

Convert Jew Is Baptized in Madrid While His Son Prepares for His First Communion

He spent four long years in discernment, during which he saw many “signs” that confirmed his path. As that time when he was waiting for his wife Cristina, seated on a bench, and begging God for light to know if it was Judaism or Christianity. “Lord, what should I do? At that very moment, a priest came out of the building across the street and greeted me.” Javier saw the answer

A saintly samurai: progress and hopes for the canonization of the “Samurai of Christ

The possible canonization would be a significant milestone, marking Ukon as the first Japanese samurai to be declared a saint. The Church anxiously awaits the results of investigations into the miracles attributed to his intercession, in the hope that this “samurai of Christ” will soon become a saint officially recognized by the Catholic Church.