Pope condemns 'hypocrisy' of countries calling for peace while funding war
- Feb 23, 2020
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Pope clears way for beatification of Salvadoran Jesuit, companions
- Feb 22, 2020
The Vatican announced Feb. 22 that Pope Francis has recognized the martyrdom of a fellow Jesuit, Salvadoran Father Rutilio Grande, and two companions who were murdered en route to a novena in 1977 in El Salvador.
New martyrs include religious priests, laity martyred in 20th century
- Jan 24, 2020
Pope Francis recognized the martyrdom of six religious priests and brothers and seven laypeople who were killed in the 20th century “in hatred of the faith,” clearing the way for their beatification.
Film on Austrian priest killed by Nazis gets Iowa world premiere
- 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.
Pope Francis remembers 40 missionaries killed in 2018
- 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.
Pope recognizes martyrdom of Romanian bishops, Italian missionary
- 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.
Author holds up martyred Copts as model for contemporary Christians
- 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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