Tag: Martyrs
Martyrs in Nigeria. 50 killed at Mass
Like any other parish in the world, Catholics in the southwestern Nigerian town of Owo gathered to celebrate Pentecost Sunday last weekend, but the Mass which celebrates the birth of the Church in Jerusalem two millennia ago never concluded.
Remembering a Croatian martyr: Blessed Cardinal Stepinac
Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac, Archbishop of Zagreb in Croatia, died in 1960 while under house arrest after having been convicted of high treason 14 years...
In Romania pope beatifies seven martyred bishops
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The memory and witness of Romania's martyred bishops are a reminder that Christians are called to stand firm against ideologies that seek to stifle...
Sri Lanka’s martyrs cry out to us, says Archbishop
Sri Lanka's martyrs are crying out to us, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP said during a Remembrance Mass and prayer vigil for victims of the Easter Sunday bombings.
Editorial: From fire and blood the faith rises
A fire guts a world-famous cathedral. On the other side of the world fanatics slaughter hundreds. Are the two things related?
Two events of the...
Miracles attributed to Coptic martyrs
A town in Egypt is buzzing with news of miracles obtained by Christians beheaded by ISIS.
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Out of India: the Dukhrana of St Thomas
The memorial feast of St Thomas the Apostle on 3 July does not get a mention in the Ordo this year, because it falls...
