16/10/2026
October 16 — Marie Antoinette: faithful to the end.
On this day in 1793, Marie Antoinette went to her death. In her final letter, she professed her Catholic faith and forgave her enemies:
“I pardon all my enemies the evil they have done me.”
In his speech of 21 August 1929, Dr. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira described her as “greater in suffering than in glory,” highlighting the dignity, faith and Christian resignation with which she faced adversity.*
Her memory calls us to cultivate that same steadfastness: to defend our faith, uphold Christian virtue and remain faithful to Christ amid the trials of our own time.
Requiescat in pace.