1. Vatican City city

5. St. Sebastian is this Brazilian city's patron

8. Son of Gilead (1 Chr 5:14)

14. Confiteor start

16. Where Paul went after his conversion (Gal 1:17)

17. Place of St. Ignatius of Laconi's birth

18. Oasis near the Dead Sea

19. Christian ___

20. Thing not torn by 153 large fish (John 21:11)

21. Saintly priest and hermit (d.560, f.9-7)

22. Two-year ecclesiastical degrees (abbr.)

24. "Deus ___ est" (Ubi Caritas)

26. Bishop Francis ___, auxiliary of Detroit

29. ___, missa est.

32. "...los desterrados hijos de ___." (Dios te salve, Reina y Madre)

34. Where Samson killed 1000 Philistines (Jgs 15:14)

35. Amraphel's kingdom (Gen 14:1)

38. Liturgical how-to book of 2003 (abbr.)

40. Born, in Bordeaux

41. Ages and ages

42. Timothy Paul ___, Archbishop for the Military Services, USA

44. Nay sayer?

45. Ted Stevens Int'l Airport, briefly

46. Reformation battle cry word

47. St. ___ Merici, virgin and foundress (d.1540, f.1-27)

49. Pope who reigned for one month in 903

51. Religious of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, initially

52. ___ Paulo, Brazil

53. Modern Aram

55. Crosier Fathers, initially

57. Husband of Ruth

61. Bird released by Noah from the ark (Gen 8:7)

63. ___ Cruces

66. Before, before

67. Pope from 1555 to 1559

69. Kind of Franciscan St. Ignatius of Laconi was

71. Crucify, e.g.

72. St. Lawrence of ___, saint whom St. Ignatius of Laconi took as his role model

73. Decian martyr from Alexandria (d.250, f.1-31)

74. "I have ___ my face like flint" (Is 50:7)

75. Worry

1. Resurrects

2. Carthusians, initially

3. Kind of theology

4. Terminus

5. St. ___ Goupil, North American Martyr (d.1642, f.10-19)

6. "Here I am, Lord. ___, Lord?" (Dan Schutte lyrics)

7. Augustinians, initially

8. She killed Sisera with a tent peg

9. Dunedain's kingdom (LOTR)

10. Tobiah's father-in-law (Tob 3:17)

11. Evangelical counsel for which St. Ignatius of Laconi was known

12. "Give us ___ against the foe..." (David's prayer in Ps 60:13)

13. City doomed by Joshua (DR)

15. "___ Dal Principio" (1902 Leo XIII encyclical)

21. "Among the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were in charge of Israel’s ___ affairs as officials and judges." (1 Chr 26:29)

23. It might be mortal

25. St. Ignatius of Laconi is one of their patrons

27. Biblical abode of the dead

28. Home town of Sts. Catherine and Bernardine

30. Bible place finders

31. Item in a certain syllabus?

33. Met expectations?

35. There were seven on a scroll in Rev 5

36. "flowing with milk and ___"

37. Since St. Ignatius of Laconi's death in 1781, his body in Cagliari remains in this condition

39. ___ Lisa, da Vinci masterpiece

43. Michael F. ___, Bishop of Fort Worth

48. Battle site with the Philistines (2 Sam 21:18)

50. St. Emily de ___, French foundress (d.1856, f.8-24)

54. Home town of St. Teresa

56. Saintly disciple of Francis, and foundress (d.1253, f.8-11)

58. Biblical region known for its gold

59. "We shall ___ at the sound of our name." (Gather Us In)

60. Agency reporting Vatican news

62. Vigil times

64. "...without cause they dug ___ for me." (Ps 35:7)

65. "Brother ___, Sister Moon"

67. Hebrew weight equal to about 7.6 grams

68. Soul of France?

69. Congregation of Bon Secours, initially

70. Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, initially