Saint John Paul II
 
"We need saints without cassocks, without veils – we need saints with jeans and tennis shoes. We need saints that go to the movies that listen to music, that hang out with their friends. We need saints that place God in first place ahead of succeeding in any career. We need saints that look for time to pray every day and who know how to be in love with purity, chastity and all good things. We need saints – saints for the 21st century with a spirituality appropriate to our new time. We need saints that have a commitment to helping the poor and to make the needed social change.
 
We need saints to live in the world, to sanctify the world and to not be afraid of living in the world by their presence in it. We need saints that drink Coca-Cola, that eat hot dogs, that surf the internet and that listen to their iPods. We need saints that love the Eucharist, that are not afraid or embarrassed to eat a pizza or drink a beer with their friends. We need saints who love the movies, dance, sports, theater. We need saints that are open sociable normal happy companions. We need saints who are in this world and who know how to enjoy the best in this world without being callous or mundane. We need saints." (Attributed to Pope Francis, but its origin cannot be proven)
 
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A MAGYAR NYELVŰ VERZIÓHOZ KATTINTS IDE!

Count János, who belonged to one of the old Hungarian noble families, held on to his homeland
Felvidék (Upper Hungary) even when it was annexed by Czechoslovakia. He became involved in
politics at a young age and was elected as a member of Parliament. He not only stood up for the
rights of the Hungarians, but also supported the efforts of the Slovaks living there to gain
independence from the Czechs. He opposed the inhumanity of the National Socialists: as a member
of Parliament he did not support the deportation of Jews and personally helped many Hungarian,
Slovakian and Polish Jews to escape. He sided with the oppressed and persecuted, but the
Czechoslovak communists who came to power after the Second World War accused him of war
crimes. He was handed over to the Soviet occupiers, who sentenced him to forced labour for several
years. When he was allowed to return, they put him in prison, where he died after a long suffering.
 
Born: 14 March 1901 (Nyitraújlak/Veľké Zálužie)
Died: 8 March 1957 (Mírov)
His beatification process began in 2018.