Saints

Saint Carlo Acutis Carlo was born in London on 3rd May 1991 to Italian parents and was baptised at Our Lady of Dolours church in Fulham, west London, on 18th May that year by Fr Nicholas Martin OSM, Parish Priest. The family moved to Italy shortly afterwards where Carlo was raised as a Catholic. After making his First Holy Communion at the age of seven, he decided to attend Mass and pray the Rosar... Read More

Pope and reformer. Although few people had as great an impact on the twentieth century as Pope John XXIII, he avoided the limelight as much as possible. One writer noted that his 'ordinariness' was one of his most remarkable qualities. Born in 1881, the first son of a farming family in Sotto il Monte, near Bergamo in northern Italy, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was always proud of his down-to-earth ... Read More

King of England. Born in 1003, Edward was the son of Ethelred the Unready and his Norman wife Emma. He was educated at Ely and then in exile in Normandy, while two Scandinavian kings claimed the English throne in succession. In 1042 he became king. In 1045 he married Edith, daughter of the powerful Earl Godwin. Some historians describe him as a weak ruler who paved the way for the Norman Conques... Read More