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  • Our Lady, Help of Christians

    Today is the feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians, Auxilium Christianorum. This feast has a long and rich history. It is linked to the 1571 European naval Battle of Lepanto, and the victory there of the Catholic army over the invading Turks. The battle, if one looked at it with a rational eye, should have been lost by the…