• You ask me if I am cheerful; and how could I not be? As long as Faith gives me strength, I will always be cheerful.

  • Will I have the strength to get there?

    Of course, Faith is the only lifeline.

  • [...] if you have God at the center of all your actions then you will get to the end.

  • Learn to be stronger in spirit than in muscle.

  • May I imitate him (Savonarola) in the fight and in virtue

  • Feed on this Bread of Angels and from there you will find the strength to fight [...] against all adversities.

  • Every day I should thank God because He has given me such good friends and girlfriends who form a precious guide for me...

  • I am poor like all the poor. And I want to work for them.

  • Every day I fall more and more in love with the mountains

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Pier Giorgio Frassati, holiness is a question of seriousness

There is a phrase pronounced by the American writer Susan Sontag that has always made me think a lot: "to be serious - Sontag claimed - means to be there, to feel the weight of things". And meditating on the life of Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901-1925) one of the most luminous figures of youthful sanctity of the twentieth century, we can recognize the truth of Sontag's words; the sanctity... Keep reading

Pier Giorgio Frassati, an inspiration for those who want to free themselves from the “performance society”

Perhaps the astonishment of his father, Alfredo Frassati, in front of the unexpected crowd present at his son's funeral should have prepared us: yet one always feels a sense of astonishment when discovering the renewal, generation after generation, of devotion towards Pier Giorgio.

Pier Giorgio Frassati has been indicated several times as the Saint of young people, a patron for all... Keep reading

Pier Giorgio Frassati will be a Saint

The National Presidency of Italian Catholic Action, on behalf of the entire association, expresses immense joy and profound gratitude to Pope Francis for the announced canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, scheduled for the next Jubilee of Youth, from July 28 to August 3, 2025. A joy and gratitude shared with the other ecclesial realities present such as the... Keep reading

Pier Giorgio will be made a saint on August 3, 2025, during the celebration of the Jubilee of Youth.

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