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Pope Francis on St Stephen’s Day: Christian witness changes history
December 26, 2020
Pope Francis led the traditional Marian devotion from the library of the Apostolic Palace - a concession to the emergency measures in place throughout Italy over the Christmas holiday.
You can now access a map of England’s Catholic martyrs
March 02, 2018
Graeme Garvey on the challenges of creating such a map
Pope Francis canonises 35 new saints
October 16, 2017
Thirty were martyred at the hands of Dutch Calvinists in Brazil
Morning Catholic must-reads: 04/07/17
July 04, 2017
A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
Martyrdoms that could rival any horror film
June 08, 2017
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
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
A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
Francis to pray for modern-day martyrs at island basilica
April 13, 2017
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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