Faces

As they passed through the life of the Earth, they tried to convert us to wisdom through the exemplary nature of their lives.

Saint Bernard Bernard of Fontaine

Saint Bernard Bernard de Fontaine, born near Dijon, founder of the Cistercian Order, of the rigorous rule of the Templars, at his request as a simple abbot brought 2 popes to France. During his life 500 Cistercian abbeys were built in Europe

Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, born in Porbandar on October 2, 1869 and assassinated in Delhi on January 30, 1948, important spiritual guide of India and of the movement for the independence of this country which he obtained without great bloody battles. Was he an example for Nelson Mandela?

Padre Pio Padre Pio

Padre Pio Padre Pio is the name of an Italian Capuchin and priest born Francesco Forgione, on May 25, 1887 in Pietrelcina, died on September 23, 1968 in San Giovanni Rotondo. He had difficulty being accepted by his hierarchy Padre Pio of Pietrelcina received in 1918 the stigmata of Jesus Crucified

Padre Pio Padre Pio

Padre Pio Padre Pio is the name of an Italian Capuchin and priest born Francesco Forgione, on May 25, 1887 in Pietrelcina, died on September 23, 1968 in San Giovanni Rotondo. He had difficulty being accepted by his hierarchy Padre Pio of Pietrelcina received in 1918 the stigmata of Jesus Crucified

Sister Emmanuelle Sister Emmanuelle

Sister Emmanuelle Sister Emmanuelle, born Madeleine Cinquin on November 16, 1908 in Brussels and died on October 20, 2008 in Callian, often nicknamed the “little sister of the rag-pickers” or “little sister of the poor”, was a teacher, nun and writer.

Mother Teresa Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa Mother Teresa, patronymic name Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, born August 26, 1910 in Üsküb, Ottoman Empire, and died September 5, 1997 in Calcutta, India, was an Albanian Catholic nun. Nobel Peace Prize, Bharat Ratna, More

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. non-interest African-American Baptist minister born in Atlanta on January 15, 1929 and assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis. Nobel Peace Prize , plus Nonviolent Revolution- , Midnight, There's a Knock at the Door: The Great Sermons of Martin Luther King

Commander Massoud Ahmad Shah Massoud

Commander Massoud Ahmad Shah Massoud, Commander Massoud, was the commander of the Salvation of Afghanistan, “In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Merciful. May this humble contribution pay tribute to the thousands of Mojahedin, who died for daring to hope for an independent Afghanistan. That is to say, an Afghanistan finally at peace, in accordance with the principles of Islam. To thwart the Taliban, Ahmad Shah Massoud said that they had led “a coup d’état against Islam: these people without culture show us the face of terror and oppression, but they do not know Afghanistan

John Paul II Karol Józef Wojtyła

John Paul II Karol Józef Wojtyła interest no Polish priest, bishop THEN archbishop of Krakow, cardinal, Elected Pope of the Catholic Church on October 16, 1978 under the name of John Paul II. He is the instigator of the fall of the Berlin Wall. He was an apostle of peace and simplicity in the world. During his youth he saved many Jews during the war of 39-45 Beatified on May 1, 2011

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, whose tribal clan name is "Madiba", born on 18 July 1918 in Mvezo and died on 5 December 2013 in Johannesburg, is a South African statesman; he was one of the historical leaders of the fight against the institutional political system of racial segregation (apartheid) before becoming President of the Republic of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, following the first non-racial national elections in the country's history.