Tag: martyr
George Weigel: Saintly examples of Christian heroism
It’s a rare occasion when the word “unprecedented” can be used for a church whose history extends over two millennia. Yet something unprecedented happened...
Luminous tale of Franz Jagerstatter, the martyr who defied Hitler
In 2007, Franz Jagerstatter (1907-1943), a devoutly Catholic Austrian farmer martyred by the Nazis for his stance as a conscientious objector, was declared blessed...
