Saints Peter and Paul are venerated as the patrons of the Diocese and City of Rome. Every year on their feast day, June 29, the pope marks the occasion by blessing the palliums of newly appointed metropolitan archbishops from around the world.
As the only Catholic priest teaching at the public university, which serves around 50,000 students, Father De Rozario sees his role as both a teacher and a bridge-builder.
Oscar Ricaflanca, 82, is known for being enthusiastic and persistent in his advocacies for the elderly and Persons with Disability (PWDs) for their safety and convenience as passengers and discounts, among others.
Despite present-day challenges, the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Mary (ICM) is still strongly inclined towards supporting needy students in the country.
A lay minister known for his visual arts has taken on mentoring, especially young talents like an indigenous Mangyan youth, whose painting skills offer an alternative to environmentally harmful charcoal production.
Leoncia has been mothering her two children with disabilities: an 18-year-old bedridden daughter with a physical disability and a seven-year-old son with a visual disability.
When he was in Grade 6, Carl Abram L. Alcedo, in need for more pots to house his plants which is his hobby, ended up making his own, and has gone far now with terracotta and ceramics.
In the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, there is a Catholic priest, Kuriakose Vayalumkal, often known as Father Rajesh, who is widely known for his care for the destitute.
Lorenzo Ruiz was hung upside-down over a pit. He was physically abused to coerce him into giving up his faith. If he would renounce Christianity, the Japanese would spare him and set him free.
A Malaysian mother's steadfast faith in God guided her son to His purpose, which later enabled him to be a priest in the Society of Jesus' Singapore-Malaysia region.
For the last 21 years, Lighthouse Feeding Centre: A Place of Hope has been helping the underprivileged and marginalized communities in Penang, Malaysia.
Leah Libresco Sargeant was a hardcore atheist in high school and college. Having a critical mind, and relying on physical evidence in her consideration of things, she viewed that faith belonged to people who believed in fiction.
Blair had been a member of the Anglican Church of England for a long time, and had kept his religious views private during his years as the United Kingdom's prime minister.
This Japanese, who served his country as its prime minister five times, kept his Catholic faith throughout his life in secret. Probably because he was a politician and the majority of Japan were followers of Shinto and Buddhism.
