“Russia will become Catholic.” This inscription was affixed to the tomb of Father Gregory Augustin Maria Shuvalov in the cemetery of Montparnasse in Paris. The Russian Barnabite has sacrificed himself for this purpose.
Editor’s note: This is a talk that Prof. De Mattei, former professor at the European University of Rome and founder of the Lepanto Foundation, delivered May 18, 2017 at Voice of the Family’s fourth annual Rome Life Forum.
Five hundred people were in the square outside the Sanctuary at Fatima waiting for Pope Francis and the canonization of the two little shepherd Francesco (10) and Jacinta (9), who, along with their cousin Lucia dos Santos saw Our Lady and heard Her words between May 13th and October 13th 1917. The canonization took place and the Church has the youngest children not martyrs in Her history, written in the book of saints. The process for the beatification of their cousin Lucia who died in…
