The Catholic Church’s New Path to Sainthood: What is ‘Offering of Life?’
Pope Francis defined this new category of Christian life as the experience of a premature death due to the offering, or sacrificing, of one’s life out of Christian charity.
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Arnaud Beltrame’s Courageous Catholic Death
The French policeman’s faith and extraordinary self-sacrifice — substituting himself for an Islamist terrorist’s hostage — spotlights Pope Francis’ new category for sainthood.
Pope Francis Creates New Path to Beatification: ‘Offering of Life’
This definition fits those Servants of God who have in some way given up their lives prematurely for charity outside of martyrdom.
