‘No One Can Silence Their Voice’: Pope Leo XIV Honors Modern Martyrs at Ecumenical Service
The Sept. 14 liturgy brought together Orthodox, Eastern and Protestant leaders.
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Are the Minneapolis Church Shooting Victims Martyrs?
The Church mourns the loss of Harper Moyski and Fletcher Merkel as Catholics reflect on the tradition of recognizing the many forms of bearing witness to Jesus Christ.
Pope Leo XIV Pays Tribute to Martyred Cardinal Who Saved Thousands of Jews
The Hoy Father called Blessed Iuliu Hossu ‘an apostle of hope.’
Pope Francis: St. Lucy Is an Example of Female Leadership in the Church and Shows Us All How to ‘Choose Light’
The Holy Father noted that ‘Lucy is a woman’ and that her holiness shows the Church ‘how unique are the ways in which women follow the Lord.’
Red Wednesday in the Land of the Martyrs
With the commemoration of Red Wednesday approaching its first decade, here are some key milestones in the Red Wednesdays of the Church in the Middle East over the past 10 years.
Another 4,000 20th-Century Martyrs in Spain Will Be Beatified in Coming Years, Expert Says
Martín de la Hoz emphasized that 'what is most impressive is that those 7,500 martyrs, blesseds, their martyrdom is documented, that is, they died out of hatred for the faith and it is documented that they died forgiving.'
The First Mexican-Born Martyr: A Castaway Friar Who Was Crucified in Japan
Felipe of Jesus was beatified, along with his companions in martyrdom, on Sept. 14, 1627, and canonized on June 8, 1862.
Pope Francis Calls for Applause for 20 Martyrs of Spanish Civil War Beatified in Seville
At Sunday’s Angelus, Pope Francis honored the priests, seminarian and laypeople who were murdered out of hatred for the faith.
20 Martyrs of Persecution During Spanish Civil War to Be Beatified
The martyrs to be beatified in the Seville cathedral on Nov. 18 include 10 priests, one seminarian and nine laypeople. All of them were killed out of hatred for the faith in 1936.
The Vatican Says a Newborn Martyr Had a ‘Baptism of Blood’: What Does That Mean?
Why is the Ulma baby, who was unbaptized, also considered a martyr?
