Described by a contemporary as "healthy, strong, and tanned, with eyes as clear as pure water," Frassati was a keen athlete, swimmer, and mountaineer who died of polio at age 24.

Lucia Corbea is the winner of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' 2025 Religious Liberty Essay Contest.

Today we celebrate and thank God and pray for our country. Much like the United States, the Church is made up of many people of different origins.