Other saints to whom I have a special devotion are Bernadette Soubirous, Thérèse of Lisieux, Juan Diego, Faustina Kowalska, Joan of Arc, Jacinta Marto, Teresa of Ávila, Mary Magdalene, John the Beloved, Thomas Aquinas, Francis of Assisi, Augustine of Hippo and his mother Monica (who prayed for years, fervently, for her son’s conversion, when he lived for worldly things), Teresa of Calcutta, and Pope John Paul II.