b9b19302-3b34-47c9-a95a-b10100cc3818 80a6eca2-33c9-43cc-bfe1-b2ef013859fb e9f074d8-2350-46ed-b982-b449016627e4 710177b6-54d9-46f3-878a-b44901662f51 en Footprints of Holiness http://podlatino.com/ Footprints of Holiness is a narrative and educational podcast that tells the lives of Catholic saints as vivid, human, and deeply relatable stories. Each episode focuses on one saint: their time, struggles, wounds, choices, doubts, miracles, and the spiritual path that led them to leave a lasting mark on the world. Created for young practicing Catholics, curious young listeners, and anyone interested in spirituality, the show avoids a distant or overly solemn tone and presents holiness as something real, possible, and often surprising. Through carefully crafted storytelling, historical context, and a clear spiritual perspective, Footprints of Holiness invites listeners to discover that saints were not flawless characters, but men and women who answered God’s call with courage. A series designed to teach, inspire, and help listeners see faith through lives whose legacy still walks among us today.

]]> episodic Footprints of Holiness is a narrative and educational podcast that tells the lives of Catholic saints as vivid, human, and deeply relatable stories. Each episode focuses on one saint: their time, struggles, wounds, choices, doubts, miracles, and the spiritual path that led them to leave a lasting mark on the world. Created for young practicing Catholics, curious young listeners, and anyone interested in spirituality, the show avoids a distant or overly solemn tone and presents holiness as something real, possible, and often surprising. Through carefully crafted storytelling, historical context, and a clear spiritual perspective, Footprints of Holiness invites listeners to discover that saints were not flawless characters, but men and women who answered God’s call with courage. A series designed to teach, inspire, and help listeners see faith through lives whose legacy still walks among us today. info ccordoba@intextual.net Podlatino no https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/b9b19302-3b34-47c9-a95a-b10100cc3818/e9f074d8-2350-46ed-b982-b449016627e4/image.jpg?t=1778708649&size=Large Footprints of Holiness http://podlatino.com/ Saint John Paul II: The Pilgrim Who Embraced the World Saint John Paul II: The Pilgrim Who Embraced the World Saint John Paul II lived one of the most intense lives of the twentieth century: he lost his family, endured Nazi occupation, faced communism, became a priest, bishop, pope, and tireless pilgrim. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we follow Karol Wojtyła’s journey from Wadowice to Rome, his love for young people, his defense of human dignity, the assassination attempt that nearly took his life, and his long pontificate. This is a story about suffering, vocation, freedom, public faith, and a holiness that learned to embrace the world without taking its eyes off God.

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]]> Saint John Paul II lived one of the most intense lives of the twentieth century: he lost his family, endured Nazi occupation, faced communism, became a priest, bishop, pope, and tireless pilgrim. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we follow Karol Wojtyła’s journey from Wadowice to Rome, his love for young people, his defense of human dignity, the assassination attempt that nearly took his life, and his long pontificate. This is a story about suffering, vocation, freedom, public faith, and a holiness that learned to embrace the world without taking its eyes off God.

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]]> full 1 10 Podlatino f04e38a5-2a13-4a6e-8fbc-b44f003ea42e f04e38a5-2a13-4a6e-8fbc-b44f003ea42e Tue, 19 May 2026 03:48:57 +0000 760 https://omny.fm/shows/footprints-of-holiness/saint-john-paul-ii-the-pilgrim-who-embraced-the-world Saint Catherine of Siena: The Young Woman Who Spoke to Popes and Kings Saint Catherine of Siena: The Young Woman Who Spoke to Popes and Kings Saint Catherine of Siena was a young Dominican laywoman who, in an age shaped by war, Church crisis, and male power, dared to speak to popes, cardinals, and rulers. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we follow her intense life: her early vocation, her service to the sick, her mystical experiences, her passionate letters, and her role in urging the pope’s return from Avignon to Rome. This is a story about faith, courage, words, inner reform, and the strength of a young woman who did not ask permission to obey God.

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]]> Saint Catherine of Siena was a young Dominican laywoman who, in an age shaped by war, Church crisis, and male power, dared to speak to popes, cardinals, and rulers. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we follow her intense life: her early vocation, her service to the sick, her mystical experiences, her passionate letters, and her role in urging the pope’s return from Avignon to Rome. This is a story about faith, courage, words, inner reform, and the strength of a young woman who did not ask permission to obey God.

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]]> full 1 9 Podlatino be3364c5-749d-4e68-97de-b44b012a3ced be3364c5-749d-4e68-97de-b44b012a3ced Fri, 15 May 2026 18:07:05 +0000 703 https://omny.fm/shows/footprints-of-holiness/saint-catherine-of-siena-the-young-woman-who-spoke-to-popes-and-kings Saint Maximilian Kolbe: The Man Who Gave His Life for Another Saint Maximilian Kolbe: The Man Who Gave His Life for Another Saint Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Franciscan friar whose life was marked by faith, mission, communication, and an extreme final act of self-giving in Auschwitz. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we follow his journey from childhood in Poland to his evangelizing work, Marian devotion, mission in Japan, and arrest during the Nazi occupation. His story reaches its deepest point when he offers to die in the place of another prisoner. This is a story about vocation, sacrifice, inner freedom, and the strength of a faith capable of preserving human dignity in the midst of horror.

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]]> Saint Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Franciscan friar whose life was marked by faith, mission, communication, and an extreme final act of self-giving in Auschwitz. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we follow his journey from childhood in Poland to his evangelizing work, Marian devotion, mission in Japan, and arrest during the Nazi occupation. His story reaches its deepest point when he offers to die in the place of another prisoner. This is a story about vocation, sacrifice, inner freedom, and the strength of a faith capable of preserving human dignity in the midst of horror.

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]]> full 1 8 Podlatino bd203ae4-b46b-48d7-87aa-b44b0129f0c6 bd203ae4-b46b-48d7-87aa-b44b0129f0c6 Fri, 15 May 2026 18:06:05 +0000 656 https://omny.fm/shows/footprints-of-holiness/saint-maximilian-kolbe-the-man-who-gave-his-life-for-another Saint Ignatius of Loyola: The Wounded Soldier Who Learned to Listen to God Saint Ignatius of Loyola: The Wounded Soldier Who Learned to Listen to God Saint Ignatius of Loyola dreamed of honor, battle, and recognition, until a wound changed the direction of his life. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we follow the transformation of an ambitious soldier into one of the Church’s great spiritual masters. From the Battle of Pamplona to Manresa, from his inner struggles to the Spiritual Exercises, Ignatius discovered that following God did not mean extinguishing desire, but learning to order it. This is a story about pride, collapse, discernment, conversion, and the deep search for a mission.

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]]> Saint Ignatius of Loyola dreamed of honor, battle, and recognition, until a wound changed the direction of his life. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we follow the transformation of an ambitious soldier into one of the Church’s great spiritual masters. From the Battle of Pamplona to Manresa, from his inner struggles to the Spiritual Exercises, Ignatius discovered that following God did not mean extinguishing desire, but learning to order it. This is a story about pride, collapse, discernment, conversion, and the deep search for a mission.

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]]> full 1 6 Podlatino 775f8b75-9b5d-44c4-b76a-b4490168333e 775f8b75-9b5d-44c4-b76a-b4490168333e Thu, 14 May 2026 03:00:00 +0000 711 https://omny.fm/shows/footprints-of-holiness/saint-ignatius-of-loyola-the-wounded-soldier-who-learned-to-listen-to-god Saint Joan of Arc: The Voice That Changed a Nation Saint Joan of Arc: The Voice That Changed a Nation Saint Joan of Arc was a young peasant girl who, during the Hundred Years’ War, claimed to have received a mission from God to help liberate France. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we follow her brief and intense life: her inner voices, her courage before soldiers and kings, the Siege of Orléans, the coronation of Charles VII, and the trial that ended with her death at the stake. This is a story about faith, courage, obedience, loneliness, and the unexpected strength of a young woman who changed the course of a nation.

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]]> Saint Joan of Arc was a young peasant girl who, during the Hundred Years’ War, claimed to have received a mission from God to help liberate France. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we follow her brief and intense life: her inner voices, her courage before soldiers and kings, the Siege of Orléans, the coronation of Charles VII, and the trial that ended with her death at the stake. This is a story about faith, courage, obedience, loneliness, and the unexpected strength of a young woman who changed the course of a nation.

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]]> full 1 5 Podlatino b103b73b-c5a4-4aab-adf4-b4490167f190 b103b73b-c5a4-4aab-adf4-b4490167f190 Thu, 14 May 2026 03:00:00 +0000 686 https://omny.fm/shows/footprints-of-holiness/saint-joan-of-arc-the-voice-that-changed-a-nation Saint Augustine: The Rebel Who Could Not Escape God Saint Augustine: The Rebel Who Could Not Escape God Saint Augustine was brilliant, restless, ambitious, and deeply contradictory. Before becoming one of the great saints and thinkers of the Church, he searched for pleasure, prestige, intellectual answers, and freedom far from the faith of his mother, Saint Monica. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we follow his journey from Tagaste to Milan, his inner crisis, his encounter with Saint Ambrose, and the conversion that changed his life. This is a story about desire, guilt, intelligence, spiritual searching, and the slow surrender of a man who discovered that God had been waiting for him.

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]]> Saint Augustine was brilliant, restless, ambitious, and deeply contradictory. Before becoming one of the great saints and thinkers of the Church, he searched for pleasure, prestige, intellectual answers, and freedom far from the faith of his mother, Saint Monica. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we follow his journey from Tagaste to Milan, his inner crisis, his encounter with Saint Ambrose, and the conversion that changed his life. This is a story about desire, guilt, intelligence, spiritual searching, and the slow surrender of a man who discovered that God had been waiting for him.

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]]> full 1 4 Podlatino 51e2a875-f714-4484-880e-b4490167ad49 51e2a875-f714-4484-880e-b4490167ad49 Thu, 14 May 2026 03:00:00 +0000 706 https://omny.fm/shows/footprints-of-holiness/saint-augustine-the-rebel-who-could-not-escape-god Saint Teresa of Calcutta: The Woman Who Saw Christ in the Forgotten Saint Teresa of Calcutta: The Woman Who Saw Christ in the Forgotten Saint Teresa of Calcutta devoted her life to looking directly at those many preferred not to see: the sick, the poor, the dying, and the abandoned. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we follow the story of a young woman born far from India who eventually found her mission in the streets of Calcutta. Her life was marked by service, discipline, faith, and also a deep inner struggle. This is a story about concrete compassion, poverty, spiritual silence, and the radical decision to serve Christ in the most forgotten.

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]]> Saint Teresa of Calcutta devoted her life to looking directly at those many preferred not to see: the sick, the poor, the dying, and the abandoned. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we follow the story of a young woman born far from India who eventually found her mission in the streets of Calcutta. Her life was marked by service, discipline, faith, and also a deep inner struggle. This is a story about concrete compassion, poverty, spiritual silence, and the radical decision to serve Christ in the most forgotten.

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]]> full 1 3 Podlatino cd0fccd6-31cc-4a92-84c0-b44901676ec7 cd0fccd6-31cc-4a92-84c0-b44901676ec7 Thu, 14 May 2026 03:00:00 +0000 652 https://omny.fm/shows/footprints-of-holiness/saint-teresa-of-calcutta-the-woman-who-saw-christ-in-the-forgotten Saint Francis of Assisi: The Rich Man Who Chose Poverty Saint Francis of Assisi: The Rich Man Who Chose Poverty Saint Francis of Assisi was born into comfort, ambition, and dreams of glory, but he eventually chose a radically different life. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we follow the transformation of a wealthy, impulsive young man seeking recognition into one of the most beloved saints in Christian history. His encounter with the poor, his public renunciation of wealth, his love for creation, and his search for a faith lived with simplicity left a profound spiritual footprint. This is a story about freedom, conversion, poverty, joy, and the courage to choose another path.

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]]> Saint Francis of Assisi was born into comfort, ambition, and dreams of glory, but he eventually chose a radically different life. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we follow the transformation of a wealthy, impulsive young man seeking recognition into one of the most beloved saints in Christian history. His encounter with the poor, his public renunciation of wealth, his love for creation, and his search for a faith lived with simplicity left a profound spiritual footprint. This is a story about freedom, conversion, poverty, joy, and the courage to choose another path.

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]]> full 1 2 Podlatino 0e73dfbe-b3bd-43d2-90ac-b44901671da7 0e73dfbe-b3bd-43d2-90ac-b44901671da7 Thu, 14 May 2026 03:00:00 +0000 637 https://omny.fm/shows/footprints-of-holiness/saint-francis-of-assisi-the-rich-man-who-chose-poverty Saint Carlo Acutis: The Teen Who Found God on a Screen Saint Carlo Acutis: The Teen Who Found God on a Screen Saint Carlo Acutis was an ordinary teenager in an age of screens, video games, and the internet, but he lived that world with an extraordinary spiritual direction. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we explore his brief and luminous life: his love for the Eucharist, his passion for computers, his view of technology, and his concrete way of living faith in everyday life. This is a story about youth, purpose, illness, surrender, and modern holiness. Carlo did not escape his time; he inhabited it differently, leaving a spiritual footprint that continues to speak to young people today.

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]]> Saint Carlo Acutis was an ordinary teenager in an age of screens, video games, and the internet, but he lived that world with an extraordinary spiritual direction. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we explore his brief and luminous life: his love for the Eucharist, his passion for computers, his view of technology, and his concrete way of living faith in everyday life. This is a story about youth, purpose, illness, surrender, and modern holiness. Carlo did not escape his time; he inhabited it differently, leaving a spiritual footprint that continues to speak to young people today.

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]]> full 1 1 Podlatino f1e925c5-4517-4d22-915f-b44901669fbd f1e925c5-4517-4d22-915f-b44901669fbd Thu, 14 May 2026 03:00:00 +0000 696 https://omny.fm/shows/footprints-of-holiness/saint-carlo-acutis-the-teen-who-found-god-on-a-screen