“The story of St. Maximilian Kolbe is fundamentally a story about hope,” said filmmaker Anthony D’Ambrosio, director of “Triumph of the Heart.”
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“It was through his faith that he was able to live the tragedy of the atomic destruction to the truth of its very meaning.”
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Father Kolbe encouraged the Japanese friars to remain faithful to their mission despite wartime hardships, placing all in Mary’s hands.
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“I have no words of comfort for you today, let alone any explanation or justification,” wrote Archbishop Galbas.
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Cultivating gratitude toward God “helps us not to waste his gifts” and “inclines us to reciprocate the love with which he surrounds us.”
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Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś of Lódź spoke up after two retired bishops sparked outrage with their migration and border policy remarks at the Marian shrine of Jasna Góra earlier in July.
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Rather than flee the Soviet violence in 1945, heroic Polish sisters chose to remain with those they cared for. They were beatified in Braniewo May 31.
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On Feb. 27, 1938, during a Sunday morning Mass for children, Father Streich was gunned down by a radical communist during the consecration of the Eucharist.
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April 30 marks 25 years since St. John Paul II canonized St. Faustina Kowalska.
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The blessing of Easter baskets on Holy Saturday is present across Europe, and elements of the deeply rooted Catholic tradition reflects the essence of the Resurrection.
