Pope Francis' representative in the Holy Land said on Monday he was willing to exchange himself for Israeli children taken hostage by Hamas and held in Gaza.
a Polish Catholic priest and Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a man named Franciszek Gajowniczek in the German death camp of Auschwitz
The Catholic Church venerates him as the patron saint of amateur radio operators, drug addicts, political prisoners, families, journalists, and prisoners.
Drug addicts are likely in there because they were victims of the Holocaust. Sainthood is like that. You’ve got some things that are directly related to you, and several that someone needs to be patron of and you’re close enough
St. Lawrence was executed by placing him on a gridiron with coals beneath it. At some point during his execution, he declared to the Romans "I am done on this side, turn me over". After this he became the patron saint of both cooks and comedians, which I think is hilarious
In doing so, he would be following after Saint Maximilian Kolbe:
That’s uh, …huh…something.
Drug addicts are likely in there because they were victims of the Holocaust. Sainthood is like that. You’ve got some things that are directly related to you, and several that someone needs to be patron of and you’re close enough
St. Lawrence was executed by placing him on a gridiron with coals beneath it. At some point during his execution, he declared to the Romans "I am done on this side, turn me over". After this he became the patron saint of both cooks and comedians, which I think is hilarious
I had forgotten about him, thanks!