Prologue: St. Vincent Pallotti

St. Vincent Pallotti, a Roman diocesan priest who was declared a Saint by Blessed John XXIII in 1963, was a Roman by birth and by vision. The same Pope, on the day of Pallotti’s canonization, declared: “The glorification of Vincent Pallotti is an invitation to all priests to continue on the road opened by Jesus Christ, Redeemer and Teacher. It is also an invitation to re-dedicate oneself to the work, which is first and essential, namely holiness of life.”1