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- Oct 16, 2019
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Film on Austrian priest killed by Nazis gets Iowa world premiere
- Catholic News Service, Church in Europe
- May 13, 2019
The film “Otto Neururer: Hope through Darkness,” based on the life of the first Austrian priest killed in a Nazi concentration camp, had its world premiere recently in Iowa.
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Pope Francis remembers 40 missionaries killed in 2018
- Vatican
- Mar 24, 2019
Pope Francis on Sunday marked the Day of Missionary Martyrs, noting that last year, 40 missionaries were killed, the number almost doubling from the previous year.
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Pope recognizes martyrdom of Romanian bishops, Italian missionary
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- Mar 20, 2019
Pope Francis recognized the martyrdom of an Italian missionary killed in Myanmar and seven Romanian Catholic bishops — one of whom was secretly named a cardinal by St. Paul VI — persecuted during the communist era.
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Author holds up martyred Copts as model for contemporary Christians
- Church in the Middle East, Interviews
- Feb 13, 2019
Author Martin Mosebach discusses his new book chronicling the faith of the Coptic martyrs killed by ISIS in 2015.
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Ex-agents in Poland face charges for framing Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko
- Catholic News Service, Church in Europe
- Jan 31, 2019
Polish prosecutors have charged three former communist secret police agents with attempting to frame Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko before they abducted and murdered him.
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New documentary reveals rare interview of Blessed Oscar Romero
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- Oct 13, 2018
A new documentary about Blessed Oscar Romero, featuring a rare interview with him, revealed the martyred archbishop’s thoughts regarding accusations that he became too progressive.
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