El Salvador sets date for four beatifications in January
By Rhina Guidos – El Salvador has set a January 22 date for the beatifications of Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande, Franciscan Father Cosme Spessotto and two laymen,...
Category: Martyrs
British Museum honours St Thomas Becket on the 850th anniversary of his death
By Jonathan Luxmoore – In a gallery of The British Museum, light plays on an array of medieval crosses, reliquaries and manuscripts, as an audiovisual display reenacts...
The Appeal of Blessed Benedict Daswa
Interview with Daswa cause promoter Sr Tshifhiwa Munzhedzi OP Sister Tshifhiwa Munzhedzi serves as the promoter for the cause for the canonisation of Bl Benedict Tshimangadzo Daswa....
Ten Polish Nuns to be Beatified
By Jonathan Luxmoore – Ten Polish nuns have been approved for beatification as martyrs 76 years after they were killed while resisting rape and facing other atrocities by...
Sr Maria Laura Mainetti: Nun stabbed to death by three teenage girls is beatified
An Italian nun who was stabbed to death by three teenage girls was beatified after Pope Francis declared her a martyr, killed “in hatred of the...
Benedict Daswa Cause: Miracle Report Sent to Rome
The canonisation cause of Bl Benedict Tshimangadzo Daswa has entered a crucial new phase after the diocese of Tzaneen sent the findings of its formal investigation into...
The First-Hand Account of Africa’s Women Martyrs
More than 1800 years ago, two women and three men were martyred in northern Africa. Today we know exactly what happened because we have a first-hand account....
Heroes of Love: New Pathway Open for Future Saints
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis has yet to sign decrees in sainthood causes that follow the new path he approved in 2017, that of giving one’s life...
Lebanese man’s decades of research helps great-uncle’s sainthood cause
By Doreen Abi Raad – Fares Melki’s first introduction to his great-uncle was when he asked his grandfather about the picture framed above his grandfather’s bed. That was...
Teen Martyred While Protecting the Eucharist Beatified
A 19-year-old Spanish martyr who gave his life while protecting the Eucharist was beatified Saturday at a Mass in the Sagrada Família Basilica in Barcelona. “Yesterday in...
The Martyrs Buried at the Valley of the Fallen
The Valley of the Fallen is a monumental complex near Madrid which includes an abbey and basilica, and which honours the fallen of both sides during the...
Erich Klausener Remembered as First Catholic Victim of Nazi regime in 1934
By Anli Serfontein – Early 20th century-era Catholic leader Erich Klausener holds a special place in the hearts and minds of Berlin’s Catholics. An official in the German...
