You can now access a map of England’s Catholic martyrs
March 2, 2018
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Graeme Garvey on the challenges of creating such a map
Pope Francis canonises 35 new saints
October 16, 2017
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Thirty were martyred at the hands of Dutch Calvinists in Brazil
Morning Catholic must-reads: 04/07/17
July 4, 2017
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Martyrdoms that could rival any horror film
June 8, 2017
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Virginia Rounding’s account of Henry VIII’s sadism is unremittingly gory but scholarly and well-written, says Simon Caldwell
Pope Francis meets sister of Fr Jacques Hamel at service for modern martyrs
April 24, 2017
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Fr Hamel was murdered by ISIS terrorists as he celebrated Mass in his Normandy church
Morning Catholic must-reads: 24/04/17
April 24, 2017
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Francis to pray for modern-day martyrs at island basilica
April 13, 2017
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The Pope will celebrate a Liturgy of the Word in memory of the martyrs of the 20th and 21st centuries on Easter Saturday
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November 7, 2016
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Book review: The modern martyrs we’ve already forgotten
August 4, 2016
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Behind his roll-call of heroic individuals, The God of the Gulag shows how communism finally died from within
The saints’ answer to terrorism
August 4, 2016
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Martyrs are witnesses to the truths for which they have died; teaching us that beyond our human estimations of value there lies the greater order of Love
Trevi Fountain illuminated in remembrance of Christian martyrs
May 3, 2016
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The event was sponsored by Catholic charity, Aid to the Church in Need
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March 15, 2016
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