Tag: Martyr
Pope recognizes martyrdom of priest, 15 nuns killed during World War II
Pope Francis authorizes the promulgation of several decrees recognizing the martyrdom of a priest guillotined in Nazi Germany and 15...
Pope’s March prayer intention: For the martyrs of our day
Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for March, asking for prayers for the martyrs of our day, and recalling a story he was told by a...
Nigerian martyr Vivian Ogu on path toward canonization
The cause for canonization is advancing for fourteen-year-old Nigerian-born Catholic lay girl, Vivian Ogu, who was killed in Edo State in...
Pope establishes ‘Commission for New Martyrs – Witnesses of the Faith’
In view of the Jubilee of 2025, Pope Francis decides to create a working group at the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to draw up a...
Poland: Ten nuns beatified, martyrs of wartime violence
The 10 Elizabethan sisters took care of the elderly, the sick, and children, and remained faithful to their vow of chastity and to their...
Joan Roig, martyr of the “fight for Christ,” beatified in Spain
Joan Roig y Diggle, killed "in odium fidei" during the Spanish Civil War, was raised to the honours of the altar on Saturday.