Lex Anteinternet: Sunday, August 12, 1945. War, ripples of war, and...

Lex Anteinternet: Sunday, August 12, 1945. War, ripples of war, and...:

Sunday, August 12, 1945. War, ripples of war, and impacts of war.

Fr. Karl Leisner died of tuberculosis after having been imprisoned in Dachau.  He was beatified in 1996.

The number of German Catholic Priests that resisted the Nazis is really not appreciated.  They were not alone, of course  Evangelicals (Lutherans) did as well, but nonetheless their numbers are remarkable, and in some instance their resistances to the Nazis is astounding.

Lex Anteinternet: August 10, 1910. Francesco Forgione (Padre Pio) ordained.

Lex Anteinternet: Wednesday, August 10, 1910. Francesco Forgione (P...: 

Wednesday, August 10, 1910. Francesco Forgione (Padre Pio) ordained

St. Pio of Pietrelcina in 1919.  In this rare photo, his hands are uncovered and his wounds are visible.

St. Pio of Pietrelcina was ordained a Priest.  He was 23 years old.

Padre Pio in 1947.

Often in ill health, he was holy from an early age.  During World War One, in which he was called into service multiple times, he became a stigmatic.  He was a phenomenal modern saint.