Monsignor João’s Final Months

Like the sun that, as it sets, casts its most beautiful rays, Msgr. João’s last months on this earth were the corollary and quintessence of his life, as well as the dawn of a new form of closeness between him and his spiritual children.
Childhood of the Founder of the Heralds of the Gospel

The childhood of Monsignor João bears witness to how the light of innocence can determine the course of a unique vocation.
St. Pius X – Great Pope of History, Great Saint of the Church

Cardinal Sarto entered the conclave convinced that a great Pontiff would succeed Leo XIII, who would stand out, above all, for his holiness. The idea that he himself would be that Pope was the furthest thought from his mind…
Brief Biography of St. Thomas Aquinas – The Angelic Itinerary of a Man

The Dominican family has among its ranks a sun of incomparable grandeur. This star was to enrich the Church with the light of his teaching and, above all, with the ardour of his sanctity.