Category: martyr

Catholic priest guillotined by Nazis is beatified in Poland

by bcadmin | Nov 22, 2021 | Beatification, Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Catholic Church, Catholic Church in Poland, Catholic news, Europe, Fr. Jan Macha, Free Access, martyr, Nazi Germany, Nazis, News | 0 |

A Catholic priest guillotined by the Nazis in 1942 was declared blessed on Saturday. Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, presided at the beatification of Fr. Jan Macha at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Katowice, southwest Poland, on Nov. 20. Preaching at the live-streamed Mass, the Italian cardinal said: “The witness

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Catholic priest guillotined by Nazis is beatified in Poland

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Argentine bishops call publicly funded opera performance ‘blasphemy’

by bcadmin | Oct 12, 2021 | Argentina, blasphemy, Church in the Americas, lead, martyr, News, Pope Francis | 0 |

Argentina’s bishops called a free performance of Handel’s Theodora held in Buenos Aires “blasphemy” after the leading lady read texts from a feminist famous for so-called queer theology.

Ash Wednesday: Learning from the saints

by bcadmin | Feb 17, 2021 | ash wednesday, Faith Alive, Father Stanley Rother, Lent, martyr, News, Picks | 0 |

I was in the town of Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. With a backdrop of two volcanic mountains and facing one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, it was a picturesque place. It was also where, in 1981, Father Stanley Rother became the first American citizen to be martyred.

Pope Praises Witness of Saint Stephen at Angelus (Full Text)

by bcadmin | Dec 26, 2020 | Angelus, Feature1, Feature2, Feature3, martyr, News, saint stephen | 0 |

Feast Day of First Martyr

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St. James the Lesser, Apostle and Martyr

by bcadmin | Nov 20, 2020 | apostle, Catholic Hotdish, martyr, News, St. James the Lesser, St. Philip | 0 |

There are two St. James among the original twelve apostles: St. James the Greater whose feast is on July 25, and St. James the Less, the Lesser, or the Minor, whose feast is on May 3 and shared with St. Philip.

Klausener remembered as first Catholic victim of Nazi regime in 1934

by bcadmin | Oct 6, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church History, Church in Europe, German bishops, German Church, Germany, martyr, martyrdom, Nazis, News | 0 |

Early 20th century-era Catholic leader Erich Klausener holds a special place in the hearts and minds of Berlin’s Catholics.

Argentine ‘slum priest’ and COVID victim hailed as ‘martyr for the poor’

by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2020 | Argentina, Basilicio Bachi Britez, Church in the Americas, COVID-19, lead, martyr, News, Pope Francis, slum priests | 0 |

Father Basilicio “Bachi” Britez, 52 at the time of his death, had suffered from kidney problems, hypertension and diabetes, so when the COVID-19 pandemic began to surge in Argentina, he was advised to leave the shantytown where he lived. Britez refused, insisting he couldn’t abandon the people he’d been entrusted to protect in La Matanza, one of the poor areas that make up Buenos Aires’ industrial belts.

St. John the Baptist: A martyr for the truth about marriage

by bcadmin | Aug 29, 2020 | disciple, Herod, Jesus Christ, martyr, News, Salome, St. John the Baptist, The Dispatch, Zechariah | 0 |

Today’s liturgical commemoration demands the answer to a fundamental question: Have you accepted the challenge to be a long-distance runner for Christ? […]

Category: martyr

Catholic priest guillotined by Nazis is beatified in Poland

Catholic priest guillotined by Nazis is beatified in Poland

Argentine bishops call publicly funded opera performance ‘blasphemy’

Ash Wednesday: Learning from the saints

Pope Praises Witness of Saint Stephen at Angelus (Full Text)

St. James the Lesser, Apostle and Martyr

Klausener remembered as first Catholic victim of Nazi regime in 1934

Argentine ‘slum priest’ and COVID victim hailed as ‘martyr for the poor’

St. John the Baptist: A martyr for the truth about marriage

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