Brem said the Apostle Paul was very intelligent and well-educated, a leading Pharisee who had guarded the coats of the men who stoned the saintly Stephen to death in Acts 7:54-60-8:1.

St. John Paul II called Faustina’s canonization and Divine Mercy Sunday the happiest day of his life — a summit moment of his papacy and personal mission.

The recent conclave and election of a new Pope drew the world’s attention to the papacy, the oldest, continuously existing, “as well as arguably the most ...