Mob threat in Italy imperils the Church and the Vatican too
- Jan 17, 2021
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Italian judge latest example of Church’s new test for ‘martyrdom’
- Dec 23, 2020
Rosario Livatino, 37 at the time of his death, will become the first Italian anti-mafia judge to be beatified, following in the footsteps of Father Giuseppe “Pino” Puglisi, the country’s best known anti-mafia priest, who was killed in 1993 and beatified shortly after Pope Francis’s election in 2013.
Pope advances causes of four 20th-century martyrs
- Oct 29, 2020
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of five men and four women, including four 20th-century martyrs killed in Brazil, Turkey and Italy.
Klausener remembered as first Catholic victim of Nazi regime in 1934
- Oct 6, 2020
Early 20th century-era Catholic leader Erich Klausener holds a special place in the hearts and minds of Berlin’s Catholics.
Forty years after killings, Salvadoran city claims Maryknoll Sisters as its own
- Sep 4, 2020
On a bright and clear January afternoon, Bishop Oswaldo Escobar Aguilar walked into a cemetery and gently dusted off a white name plate on top of a sky-blue block of tombs. Making plans for the year ahead, he told secretary Violeta Esmeralda Serrano nearby that they needed to make sure the tombs were decorated with flowers Dec. 2.
Romania marks first national day honoring persecuted Christians
- Aug 15, 2020
On Sunday Romania marked its first ever National Day of Awareness of Violence against Christians, a move intended to honor Romanian Orthodox martyrs and raise awareness about global anti-Christian persecution.
Nigerian bishop: Murdered seminarian had courage of a martyr
- May 14, 2020
A murdered Nigerian seminarian had the courage of a martyr, his bishop said after three men were arrested for murder and kidnapping.
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