October 5: ST. BARTOLO LONGO: From Darkness to Light

St. Bartolo Longo fell into the occult as a young lawyer — then found salvation through six words about the Rosary.

After years lost in dark spiritual practices, Bartolo returned to the Church through confession and Mass, but carried deep guilt over his past. Kneeling in the Valley of Pompeii, a remembered phrase about the Rosary changed everything, and he spent the rest of his life gathering people to pray it together, building schools for orphans and homes for the children of prisoners.

"Whoever propagates the Rosary shall be saved."

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