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Newly beatified Guatemalans exemplified courage, cardinal says

Catholic News Agency, Church in the Americas
Oct 31, 2018

Presiding at a Mass for the beatification of martyrs Father Tullio Maruzzo and Luis Obdulio Arroyo Navarro, a Vatican official prayed that “their martyrdom would inspire in everyone courageous Christian witness, a consistent life and boundless commitment to others.”

Cardinal beatifies 22-year-old Romanian as ‘martyr to chastity’

Catholic News Service, Church in Europe
Sep 25, 2018

A 22-year-old Romanian peasant has taken a step closer to sainthood as a “martyr to chastity,” six decades after she was murdered while resisting rape during the communist-era repression of the Catholic Church.

Algerian martyrs to be beatified in Algeria Dec. 8

Catholic News Service, Church in Africa
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.

Slovak teen to be beatified as martyr to purity

Catholic News Service, Church in Europe
Aug 22, 2018

A 16-year-old peasant girl will be beatified as a martyr in Slovakia, seven decades after she was shot in front of her family for resisting rape by a drunken Soviet soldier.

In Washington, former sacristan remembers life with Oscar Romero

Catholic News Service, Global Church
Aug 4, 2018

A Salvadoran who now lives in Washington recounts his personal experience of working alongside Blessed Oscar Romero.

Oklahoma celebrates the first feast day of Blessed Stanley Rother

Catholic News Agency, Global Church
Jul 28, 2018

On Saturday, parishes across Oklahoma will celebrate the first feast day of the first U.S. born martyr, Blessed Stanley Rother, marking the 37 anniversary of his death.