🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Alvaro del Portillo - Episode Four: Vatican II Rome. 1963. The winds of change are blowing inside and outside the Church, as opposing forces vie for influence and control. Answering the call of the Holy Spirit, Pope John XXIII startles everyone, calling for a Vatican council on the Church’s role in the modern world. Ever faithful, Alvaro is now serving as a Vatican official, and finds a friend in an influential Italian cardinal from Milan. Now,...
Feb 27, 2025•14 min•Ep. 319
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Alvaro del Portillo - Episode Three: Spanish Fanatics Rome. 1946. Alvaro and his team arrive in Rome to a less than friendly welcome. Faithful to the Church in every way, they can’t seem to overcome postwar distrust from the gatekeepers protecting the pope. Now, the gentle and obedient Alvaro must find a way, in charity and love, to win an audience with the pope, and to finally register Opus Dei within the Church. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Ep...
Feb 26, 2025•11 min•Ep. 318
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Alvaro del Portillo - Episode Two: Flat Tires Madrid. 1946. Back in Spain, Alvaro has been ordained to the priesthood, and Opus Dei has established The Priestly Society of the Holy Cross. With the Second World War over, Josemaria and Alvaro are now finally ready to spread The Work to countries beyond Spain. There's only one problem: legally, they’re forbidden to do so! 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free...
Feb 25, 2025•10 min•Ep. 317
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Alvaro del Portillo - Episode One: Caught in the Crossfire Europe. 1943. As World War II rages, Axis and Allied forces vie for control of sea and sky. Despite the danger, a young Spanish engineer boards a flight bound for Rome, where he plans to meet the pope. This journey will take him from the secret halls of the Vatican to countries around the world. But first, he must survive this flight! This is the story of Alvaro del Portillo. 🌐 Subscri...
Feb 24, 2025•15 min•Ep. 316
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Margaret of Scotland - Episode Five: Pacts and Promises Scotland. 1072 A.D. Captured on one of his raids into England, Malcolm is at the mercy of the Norman king - the very Normans who drove Margaret to Scotland six years ago. Now Margaret must save Malcolm and Scotland at the same time! But saving her husband and her adopted country will come at a cost. Can she bear it? And will she persevere? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thes...
Feb 21, 2025•16 min•Ep. 315
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Margaret of Scotland - Episode Four: Family Ties Scotland. 1072 A.D. As Margaret finds new ways to use her power for good, her marriage grows stronger. But Margaret is still unable to keep the wild and wayward Malcolm by her side. With Malcolm off on yet another adventure, how will things change when she rules Scotland on her own? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email...
Feb 20, 2025•14 min•Ep. 314
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Margaret of Scotland - Episode Three: From the Rich to the Poor Scotland, 1067 A.D. After a year of courtship, Malcolm has finally wooed Margaret into marrying him. She is now Queen Margaret of Scotland! With this new title, she has the security she has always wanted. But at what cost? Disapproving of Malcolm’s harshness and wildness, can she bring him around? And can she be a just monarch in these conditions? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episod...
Feb 19, 2025•16 min•Ep. 313
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Margaret of Scotland - Episode Two: A New Proposition The North Sea coast of England. 1066 A.D. Swept off course by a violent storm, Margaret and her family venture into wild and unknown lands. To the north lie fierce Viking raiders; to the south, the Norman invaders who want them dead. Now Margaret asks: What will happen to her and her royal companions? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes...
Feb 18, 2025•17 min•Ep. 312
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Margaret of Scotland - Episode One: To Be Watched Over England. 1066 A.D. A country on the brink of invasion. As word of the king’s illness spreads, factions at home and abroad prepare to seize the crown. Caught in the middle are the king’s own children, including his eldest daughter, the princess. Can she and her family be safe in England now? Or must they flee to other lands? This is the adventure of Margaret of Scotland. 🌐 Subscribe for Fre...
Feb 17, 2025•12 min•Ep. 311
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Valentine - Episode Five: With Eyes to See Valentine and Eusebius request the body of Daria for its proper burial in the catacombs. But Placidus insists that she must remain among the criminals. Valentine and Eusebius take matters into their own hands. What happens next will make Bishop Valentine an enduring example of the true meaning of love. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes del...
Feb 14, 2025•18 min•Ep. 310
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Valentine - Episode Four: Reunited in Heaven Rumors abound in Terni. Will Daria be put to death by the wicked Governor Placidus? Valentine watches the unfolding events, and visits Austerius to plead with him to help free Daria. And Placidus presents her with one last chance to save her life. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages,...
Feb 13, 2025•12 min•Ep. 309
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Valentine - Episode Three: Heaven’s New Saint The Christians of Terni gather in the catacombs to bid farewell to the martyred Chrysanthus. Bishop Valentine celebrates the funeral Mass. But the governor is angered at this public display of faith, and places his cruel attention on the widowed Daria. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring ...
Feb 12, 2025•18 min•Ep. 308
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Valentine - Episode Two: A More Perfect Crown Desperate to free Chrysanthus and Daria, Valentine and Eusebius offer the governor gold in exchange for their release. Placidus accepts, but at an enormous price, and Valentine must now raise it from his humble congregation. The young couple’s lives depend on it! 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along wit...
Feb 11, 2025•15 min•Ep. 307
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Valentine - Episode One: Trouble in Terni Central Italy, 257 A.D. Under a new Roman governor, the Christians of Terni face arrest and persecution for practicing their faith, and two young newlyweds are arrested for preaching in the streets. Now, what can their local bishop and friend do to save them from certain death? This is the story of St. Valentine. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily ep...
Feb 10, 2025•15 min•Ep. 306
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Dominic - Episode Five: God’s Hound France. 1216 AD. Having received Pope Innocent’s blessing, Dominic works tirelessly to get his new religious order under way. The church in France is starting to rebuild, but with the Albigensian war still a fresh memory, Dominic wrestles with the stubbornness of sin. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with col...
Feb 07, 2025•16 min•Ep. 305
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Dominic - Episode Four: Holy War France. 1209 AD. A Christian army loyal to the pope marches into battle against the Albigenses. As war rages on, the faithful pray for a victorious end. With the deaths of so many innocents weighing on his mind and heart, Dominic resolves to plant where everything has been uprooted... 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, ...
Feb 06, 2025•15 min•Ep. 304
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Dominic - Episode Three: Relentless Dissent France. 1207 AD. A terrible truth has been revealed: the Albigenses have spread their vicious errors further than anyone - even the pope - had ever imagined. Desperate to stop them before Europe is lost to heresy, the Holy Father sends Dominic to gain the support of France’s noble families. But with each peaceful gesture violently opposed, is there any other option but war? 🌐 Subscribe for Free...
Feb 05, 2025•13 min•Ep. 303
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Dominic - Episode Two: A Mole in the Garden France. 1206 AD. After two years of preaching and walking the roads of France, Dominic and Diego have failed to gain the people’s trust. The Albigenses are too strong, and the weakness of the French church only helps their cause. Dominic considers a different approach, something that will make everyone take notice. But will it be successful? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaint...
Feb 04, 2025•15 min•Ep. 302
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Dominic - Episode One: Needful Zeal France. 1204 A.D. A secret sect of renegade Christians infiltrates the Church, taking over large portions of France - spreading heresy, confusion and death among its followers! Now, the pope is fighting back, sending two young Spanish priests to be his messengers. Can they avert a holy war? This is the story of Saint Dominic. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free d...
Feb 03, 2025•14 min•Ep. 301
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Philip Neri - Episode Five: The Third Apostle of Rome Italy. 1550. Philip’s Confraternity of the Most Holy Trinity is growing, serving the local church in Rome. Under Philip's watchful eye, its lay members care for the sick and commit themselves to lives of deep devotion. With all this great success, Philip asks what the next steps are for him and his mission. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily ep...
Jan 31, 2025•16 min•Ep. 300
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Philip Neri - Episode Four: The Bell Rome, 1548. Philip is still up to his usual antics: converting the wayward; entertaining boys on the street; and charming everyone he meets. But his friend, Father Ignatius of Loyola, isn’t sure this amounts to a vocation. So what work is God preparing Philip for? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pag...
Jan 30, 2025•10 min•Ep. 299
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Philip Neri - Episode Three: The New Socrates Rome. 1544. Kneeling in the catacombs, Philip feels his heart continuing to expand! He calls out in pain to the Lord, begging for this strange supernatural favor to stop. When he recovers, Philip and his friends go looking for souls in an expected place! 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring page...
Jan 29, 2025•10 min•Ep. 298
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Philip Neri - Episode Two: The Clown Rome, 1544. Ten years have passed since Philip sold his books and gave up on a scholar’s life. Despite his best efforts to avoid the limelight, he has gained a reputation for wit and holiness in Roman society. But a hunger for something deeper spurs him on. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, act...
Jan 28, 2025•10 min•Ep. 297
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Philip Neri - Episode One: The Stray Cat Italy, 1533. At the height of the Italian Renaissance, life is a game of rules. A few rich and powerful families control trade, commerce, banking, and even the Church! For those who play along, power and pleasure await! But one young man - a wealthy merchant’s son - wants to play by different rules. This is the story of Philip Neri. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get ...
Jan 27, 2025•11 min•Ep. 296
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Jane de Chantal - Episode Five: The Bishop France, 1604. The widowed Jane and her children have moved to her father-in-law’s vast country estate. But for them, it’s no proper home. When an invitation comes to return to her own father in Dijon, Jane eagerly accepts it. But what no one knows is how this visit will change the whole family - and the world. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes d...
Jan 24, 2025•15 min•Ep. 295
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Jane de Chantal - Episode Four: The Vision France, 1601. Jane races to the side of her beloved Christophe, injured in a hunting accident. Will Christophe die of his wounds? And if he does, what will Jane and her family do? Is their dream of life and love, about to change forever? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, ...
Jan 23, 2025•12 min•Ep. 294
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Jane de Chantal - Episode Three: Unexpected Events France, 1601. Jane and her husband Christophe have been happily married for nine years and are raising a young family. Now, as Baron Christophe returns home from France’s war with Spain, he and Jane have no idea how their lives are about to change. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages...
Jan 22, 2025•10 min•Ep. 293
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Jane de Chantal - Episode Two: The Mistress of Bourbilly France, 1589. When Jane's family home was ransacked by Huguenot thugs, her thirteen-year-old brother, Andre, was taken hostage. Now, an agreement has been reached, and Andre may be released. At Marguerite's house, Jane and her sister anxiously await their father’s arrival with news of their young brother. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily e...
Jan 21, 2025•12 min•Ep. 292
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Jane de Chantal - Episode One: Dijon The city of Dijon. France. 1579. The Protestant Reformation has caused deep divisions between French Catholics and their Calvinist countrymen, known as “the Huguenots”. In one prominent Catholic family, a seven-year-old girl has surprisingly strong opinions on the matter. This is the story of Jane de Chantal. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivere...
Jan 20, 2025•11 min•Ep. 291
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Teresa of Avila - Episode Five: Just the Beginning Spain, 1550s. After escaping an angry mob at the convent, Teresa goes to Toledo to write her life story. On her return trip to Avila, Teresa and her sister Maria are caught in a storm and forced to stay at an inn, where Teresa meets a remarkable young man. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with colori...
Jan 17, 2025•19 min•Ep. 290
