A Pro-Life Novena to the Holy Innocents Who Died for Baby Jesus Catholics are encouraged to begin the prayer on Dec. 19 in order to finish it by the feast day of these little saints, Dec. 28.

The Holy Innocents did not know Jesus, but they died in his place. Dec. 28 marks the feast of these baby boys who are, today, recognized as the first martyrs and pro-life patron saints. Their ...

December 28: Feast of the Holy Innocents John J. Kilgallen December 27, 2007 The story of the Innocents is only two verses long, but serves at least two purposes for Matthew’s story about Jesus.

But you, you mothers of the Holy Innocents, you whose babies, your young sons, perhaps your 22-month-olds, there you were cradling your children, bloody from the stab wounds inflicted by the soldiers.

The Day of the Holy Innocents is a Christian-Catholic celebration, which in popular culture has been adapted to be a day in which people play pranks on each other. Here we tell you a little more ...

Peace on Earth!In the ‘Christmas Octave,’ the week-plus-one-day beginning Dec. 25 and ending Jan. 1, we observe a number of special days. Two wonderful ...

What can the Feast of the Holy Innocents, celebrated on December 28, tell us? Offhand, we can immediately say that like them we can live and end our life here on earth in a most tragic way.

Oct. 2—One of the few remaining emblems of Holy Innocents Episcopal ... incinerated in the August wildfire is a large standing sign out front with an image of a Hawaiian Madonna and baby Jesus.

The novena asks for the intercession of the Holy Innocents — the baby boys who are, today, recognized as the first martyrs and as pro-life patron saints. Friday, June 27, 2025 A service of EWTN News ...

But Catholics are encouraged to begin the prayer on Dec. 19 in order to finish it by the feast day of these little saints, Dec. 28. Novena to the Holy Innocents Heavenly Father, ...