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Why is St. Jude the patron saint of lost causes?
A candle of St. Jude. / Credit: Francesca Pollio/CNA CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Oct.…
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Meet 10 patron saints of Catholic education, students, and teachers
A portrait of a young St. John Henry Newman hangs in Cathedral High School, part of the Ordinariate of the…
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St. Vincent de Paul: Patron of the poor, the marginalized, and Catholic charities
St. Vincent de Paul. / Credit: Public domain CNA Staff, Sep 27, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Sept. 27…
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Vatican approves new patron saints for entire Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula. / Credit: NASA Images/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 20, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). The Vatican’s Dicastery…
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Who is the patron saint of Pope Leo XIV’s final vows?
Pope Leo XIV and St. Nicholas of Tolentine. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News; Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel…
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Who is St. Thorlak, the patron of Iceland?
Cathedral of Christ the King in Reykjavik, Iceland. / Credit: Wirthi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Newsroom, Dec…
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St. Henry II, the German king who became patron of the Benedictine Oblates
The Regensburger Domspatzen, a choir based at Regensburg Cathedral in Bavaria, Germany. / Credit: Bistum Regensburg CNA Staff, Jul 13,…
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How St. Ignatius of Loyola became the patron saint of soldiers
A 17th-century statue of St. Ignatius of Loyola by Spanish sculptor Juan Martínez Montañés. / Jl FilpoC via Wikimedia (CC…
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Bishop remembers slain journalists in Mexico on feast day of their patron saint
null / Microgen/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Jan 25, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA). On the feast of St. Francis de Sales,…
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