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In the Footsteps of the Martyrs: Three Jesuits Reflect on their Retreat

Each fall, the Catholic Church in the US and Canada remembers the lives and witness of the nine Jesuit missionaries’ whose martyrdoms helped plant the seeds of faith in the vast re...

SSPX pilgrims barred from venerating relics of Canadian Martyrs

One observer commented that if the SSPX 'were Muslim or Hindu they'd have been welcomed with open arms.'

Martyrs or Rebels? Rome Conference Debates 100-Year Legacy of Cristero Movement

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‘Century of martyrdom’: Vatican commission has recorded death of over 1700 martyrs in the 21st century

A new Vatican commission Rome has recorded the death of over 1700 martyrs in the 21st century.

How a new Texas parish reminds us that the age of Christian martyrs is not over

The newest Catholic parish in Arlington, Texas, is named for Matthew Ayariga, one of 21 men murdered by Islamic State terrorists on a Libyan beach in February 2015.Ayariga was a Gh...

Church Documents 304 Martyrs in Latin America So Far This Century

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‘Century of martyrdom’: Vatican commission has recorded death of over 1700 martyrs in the 21st century

A new Vatican commission meeting Tuesday in Rome has recorded the deaths of over 1700 martyrs in the 21st century, including Christians from other denominations, with between 100 a...

A Burning Candle: The Oxford Martyrs Latimer and Ridley

On October 16, 1555, in Oxford, England, Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, bishops in the English Church, died as martyrs. Bound back-to-back, they were burned at the stake. The po...

Three Italian priests killed by Nazis beatified in Bologna

Yesterday, three Italians priests murdered by the Nazis during World War II were beatified.

Fr João Bosco Burnier, SJ: 50 Years Since His Martyrdom in Defence of Human Rights

Three Italian Priests Killed By Nazis Beatified In Bologna

Crux Now On Sunday, three Italians priests murdered by the Nazis during World War II were beatified, as they edge towards canonization and official recognition as saints. Fathers....

On This Day: The Manchester Marytrs, three Irish rebels were hanged in 1867

A daring 1867 prison escape went terribly wrong, and British justice made Irish patriots pay the price.

The New Martyrs of September

Rosamaria MendesThe Bolsheviks made no secret of their crime: they handed over the pectoral cross taken from the slain hieromonk to the monastery abbot.

Venue Selected for Beatification of Georgia Martyrs

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The Incredible Story of Two Women Martyred in the Amphitheater

In 203 Perpetua and Felicity were two of several Christians killed in the amphitheater in Carthage, the leading city in Roman North Africa (modern Tunisia).

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The Dublin friars who stood by the rebels while Ireland's bishops condemned them

Joseph Connell traces how the Capuchins of Church Street went from a French exile founded in the 1600s to the cells of Kilmainham Gaol in May 1916.

SSPX accepts ‘without bitterness’ cardinal’s ban on entering shrine church

The Society of Saint Pius X and lay pilgrims were respectful after their banishment from the Canadian shrine but admitted that the decision 'strikes us in the deepest part of our s...

"Heroic" Irish priest from WWI nears sainthood with Dublin-based campaign

A "heroic" World War One priest from Ireland is nearing a potential sainthood for his actions as a chaplain during bloody battles.

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