On Feb. 25, 2025, Pope Francis paved the way for several new saints, including ex-satanist Blessed Bartolo Longo. Here’s how he saved a city through Our Lady of the Rosary.
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OnFeb.25,2025,PopeFrancispavedthewayforseveralnewsaints,includingex-satanistandpromulgatoroftheRosary,BlessedBartoloLongo.
BlessedBartoloLongo promulgatedtheRosaryintheancientRomancityofPompeii.
Heunearthedatattered,second-handpaintingfromaconventinNaples,whichportrayedtheVirginMaryandtheInfantJesusholdingrosariesandaccompaniedbySaintDominicandSaintCatherineofSiena.
AlthoughthisdilapidatedpaintingwaseventuallyrestoredbyBlessedBartolo,thisverydepictionofOurLadyoftheRosaryalsoresultedinthemiraculoushealingoftheyoung FortunaAgrelli yearslater.
WhowasBaroloLongo?BartoloLongowasadevoutlaymanandlawyer.AlthoughhewasraisedCatholic,helosthisfaithincollege.Becomingheavilyinvolvedwiththepracticeofspiritualismandtheoccult,BartolodidallinhispowertoundermineCatholicism.Thislefthimwithnothingbutanxietyanddepression,sendinghimintothedarkdepthsof
