El Salvador welcomes four new martyrs, symbols of Vatican II church
By Rhina Guidos – Unlike the spotless image of many holy men and women, a depiction of one of the new martyrs of the Catholic Church looks...
Category: Martyrs
Who Was Father Rutilio Grande SJ?
By Fr Arturo Sosa, SJ – On 22 January 2022 Father Rutilio Grande, SJ, and laymen Manuel Solórzano and Nelson Rutilio Lemus, martyrs, will be beatified in...
Fr Michael D’Annucci: Martyr of Charity
On December 8 we will mark the 20th anniversary of the murder of Fr Michael D’Annucci. Daluxolo Moloantoa looks at the Stigmatine priest’s life and legacy. A phone call...
Pope Advances Sainthood Cause of Dutch Priest Murdered at Dachau
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis signed a decree recognising a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Titus Brandsma, clearing the way for the canonisation of...
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,...
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...
