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Saint of the Day: St. Columban

World War II

Barbed wire in Auschwitz concentration camp

Philip Kosloski

October is a month full of Polish martyrs from World War II

Milena Jesenská (1896-1944) et Margarete Buber-Neumann (1901-1989)

Denis Lensel

These heroines saved innocents from their Nazi executioners

Urakami Cathedral, Nagasaki

J-P Mauro

Nagasaki Cathedral bombed in WWII to finally replace bell

Philip Kosloski

This German priest was ordained in a Nazi concentration camp

EDITH STEIN

Philip Kosloski

Is it St. Edith Stein or St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross?

Malaysia flag and map

Philip Kosloski

Malaysia could get its first native saint soon

Auschwitz prioners malnourished WWII

Sarah Robsdottir

Recent discovery in Auschwitz speaks volumes

GINO BARTALI

Camille Dalmas

Catholic hero to be honored at start of the Tour de France

Dennis-touches-the-church-pews-in-Angoville-au-Plain

Cerith Gardiner

A French church’s chilling reminder of the horrors of WWII

Aleteia 2024 Summer Book List - The Watchmaker's Daughter

Caitlin Bootsma

Meet the heroic family who defied the Nazis during WWII

Praying the Rosary in the Chapel of Mary Salus Populi Romani in the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

Kathleen N. Hattrup

Romans thank Mary for saving them 80 years ago (Photos)

Veterans at D-Day 80th anniversary

John Burger

One of the few WWII vets left dies on way to Normandy

POPE FRANCIS,US MEMORIAL

Kathleen N. Hattrup

Pope Francis’ letter on D-Day: A prayer for 3 groups

John Burger

Catholic chaplains of the Normandy invasion (Photo Gallery)

Morgane Afif

These beautiful churches survived the Battle of Normandy

Frères Astier 1944

Cécile Séveirac

“The parcels have arrived safely”: 2 children shielded by nuns on D-Day

Photo of Jean-Jaques Chatel (7 yrs old) with his grandfather and uncle and horses

Bénédicte De Saint-Germain

D-Day as experienced by a 7-year-old in France

Photo of Pope Pius XII meeting with members of the Canadian Royal 22nd Regiment in an audience after the liberation of Rome

Camille Dalmas

June 6, 1944: When Pius XII celebrated the liberation of Rome

Pope Francis during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican on May 22, 2024.

I.Media

Francis recalls liberation of Rome in ’44, considered miraculous

Bénédicte De Saint-Germain

The battle of Normandy: The mystery of the organ player

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