Saint of the Day
October 29
Chiara Badano
Feast Day: October 29
Patron of: Young people, the sick, teenagers, chronic illness sufferers
Italian teenager whose joyful acceptance of terminal illness revealed Christ's redemptive love.
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Feast Day: October 29
Patron of: youth, teenagers, cancer patients, chronically ill, suffering
Modern teenage saint who embraced cancer with joy and inspired global youth.
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Maria Restituta Kafka
Feast Day: October 29
Patron of: Nurses, hospital workers, martyrs, Austria
Austrian nurse martyred for defying Nazi ideology and protecting hospital patients' dignity.
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