Articles on this issue "martyrdom"
It was during a consistory called to declare the canonization of saints that Benedict XVI chose to announce his resignation. Last Sunday, these saints were canonized, among them 800 martyrs: …
read moreThe Church now has 802 new Saints, after the first canonization that Pope Francis presided over on Sunday in Saint Peter’s Square. They are the 800 martyrs of Otranto -- killed savagely by …
read moreThe Roman Colosseum is the 39th most visited monument in the world. Four million visitors a year enjoy tales of blood and gore, but this spring the monument has taken on a new guise. A new …
read moreDrawing from the First Reading account of Stephen, the first martyr, being dragged before the Sanhedrin, Pope Francis today strongly condemned the sin of calumny. At his customary morning …
read moreProgress means "lowering oneself" on the road of humility in order to allow God's love to emerge and be clearly seen. This was the central focus of Pope Francis' homily this morning at Mass …
read moreBy Paul Kurian Devasahayam Pillai (1712-1752) was beatified on Sunday in his native diocese in India, exactly 300 years after his birth. He is the first Indian lay martyr to be beatified. The …
read moreHere is a translation of John Paul II's address at midday on Sunday, before praying the Angelus with several thousands of pilgrims gathered in the courtyard of the Apostolic Palace of Castel …
read moreHere is the address that Father Jean Galot, a consultor for the Congregation for Clergy and retired professor of theology of the Gregorian University, delivered May 28 during the worldwide …
read moreThe Holy See has presented a book which gathers the testimonies of martyrdom of Eastern-rite Catholics during the Communist regimes in Europe. "Faith and Martyrdom: Catholic Eastern Churches …
read moreTwenty-five people including a priest were killed in an ambush in Uganda, signaling the southward movement of rebel-instigated violence, says L'Osservatore Romano. The Vatican's semiofficial …
read moreBrother Clement, a Trappist monk of Our Lady of Calvary here, was killed in a holdup March 25. The missionary was traveling in the night bus from Lagos to Enugu. The bus was attacked somewhere …
read moreMartyrdom today is not only manifested in violence but also in sarcasm, says John Paul II. "We know that the persecutor does not always assume the violent and macabre countenance of the …
read more2002 was, perhaps, the most tragic year in the history of the Catholic Church in Colombia. The massacre began on March 16 with the murder in cold blood of Archbishop Isaías Duarte Cancino of …
read moreThe rebirth of the Catholic Church in Albania, after decades of Communist oppression, has found one of its most eloquent symbols in the consecration of the new Cathedral of Rrëshen. During the …
read moreThe diocesan phase of the canonical process of beatification of 40 martyrs in Albania began here last Sunday. The event took place on the occasion of Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe's visit to …
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