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Catholic monks killed in Algeria’s civil war are beatified
- Dec 8, 2018
A cardinal dispatched by the Vatican is holding a beatification ceremony for 19 monks, nuns and other Catholics who were killed during Algeria’s civil war in the 1990s.
Bishop of Algiers: Martyrs’ beatification can unite Christians, Muslims
- Dec 7, 2018
The beatifications of 19 martyrs in Algeria will be a “great joy” to the Church and will help unite Christians and Muslims of the country, said a French-Algerian archbishop.
Algerian martyrs are models for the Church, archbishop says
- Nov 16, 2018
Archbishop Paul Desfarges of Algiers has said that Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, are “models for our lives as disciples today and tomorrow.”
Algerian martyrs to be beatified in Algeria Dec. 8
- Sep 14, 2018
The beatification of 19 martyrs of Algeria, including the seven Trappist monks of Tibhirine, will be celebrated Dec. 8 in Oran, Algeria, the country’s bishops announced.
Pope recognizes martyrdom of Trappists in Algeria, clearing path to beatification
- Jan 27, 2018
Pope Francis on Saturday officially certified the deaths of several Trappist monks in Algeria, whose story was captured in the 2010 movie “Of Gods and Men,” as martyrs, clearing the path for their beatification.
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