
St. George Killed the Dragon by Offering His Own Life to God
St. George defied an emperor and stared into the eyes of his torturers and executioner, unyielding in his faith.
St. George defied an emperor and stared into the eyes of his torturers and executioner, unyielding in his faith.
SAINTS & ART: St. Fidelis accepted the crown of martyrdom after he was given a choice of renouncing the Catholic Church or being killed.
The Romans promised to free Polycarp if he’d declare ‘Caesar is Lord.’ He refused.
St. Lucy was powerless and unknown when she was martyred in AD 304, but after her death, her fame spread throughout Christendom.
Six months would elapse between the time of Father Alfred Delp’s arrest and his execution by the Gestapo. Here, in this period of waiting, was the perfect plan for Advent.
SAINTS & ART: Current world events make the witness of the martyr St. Josaphat more important than ever.
Fathers Giuseppe Bernardi and Mario Ghibaudo, a parish priest and parochial vicar, died while offering intercessory prayers for others.
Five missionaries to Japan — a Dominican, a Franciscan, an Augustinian and two Jesuits — offered their lives in 1617 as witnesses to Jesus Christ.
SAINTS & ART: Pope St. Cornelius reminded the early Church that God’s mercy can forgive even the worst sins.
Father Leonard Melki and Father Thomas Saleh were Capuchin friars and missionaries in what is now Turkey who were arrested, tortured and martyred by the forces of the Ottoman Empire in 1915 and 1917 respectively.
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