martyrs
2 priests, 2 lay people beatified in El Salvador
By Marcos AlemÁn — January 24, 2022
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Pope Francis' envoy, Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez, called the four models an example to all.
Pope adds 35 saints to church, nearly all martyrs
By Jerome Socolovsky — October 15, 2017
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The latest saints were proclaimed Sunday during a Mass celebrated by Francis in St. Peter's Square and attended by some 35,000 faithful, many of them pilgrims from the homelands of those being honored.
Abducted Indian priest rescued in Yemen after 18 months
By Jerome Socolovsky — September 13, 2017
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Rev. Tom Uzhunnalil was abducted by militants in March 2016 when they attacked the home, killing 16 people, including four nuns.
New video of kidnapped priest raises hopes, concerns
By David Gibson — January 4, 2017
(RNS) Looking thin and wearing a beard, the Rev. Tom Uzhunnalil — kidnapped by Islamic extremists last March — speaks in a weak, almost robotic voice.
Pope pays tribute to Iraqi Christians persecuted by Islamic State
By guest — December 26, 2016
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) Francis paid tribute to Middle East Christians who have clung to their faith during persecution by Islamist militants, saying there are more Christians martyrs now than in the Church's early days.
Catholic priest abducted in Yemen reportedly alive, could be released
By David Gibson — May 4, 2016
ROME (RNS) Initial rumors fueled fears that the Rev. Tom Uzhunnalil had been crucified by ISIS-affiliated militants.
Pope Francis calls murdered nuns in Yemen ‘today’s martyrs’
By David Gibson — March 6, 2016
(RNS) The pope said the sisters and other victims of the "diabolical violence” are also casualties of the "globalization of indifference" to such tragedies.
Pope chides world powers for failing to push for peace in Syria
By Rosie Scammell — June 19, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis on Friday said the international community has not done enough to find a solution to the Syrian conflict, and said the country’s Christians had been united by “the blood of the martyrs” lost in war.
Pope Francis’ Palm Sunday homily honors Christianity’s modern martyrs
By Reuters — March 30, 2015
Humility was the theme of the pontiff's Palm Sunday homily as Christians worldwide marked the beginning of Holy Week.
The ‘Splainer: Martyr or terrorist? It depends …
By Kimberly Winston — February 24, 2015
(RNS) One man's martyr can be another man's terrorist. Here's what's behind lionizing the dead.
5 things to know about Pope Francis’ visit to South Korea
By Josephine McKenna — August 13, 2014
(RNS) Catholics are a minority in South Korea, representing just over 10 percent of the population. But their numbers have doubled since 1990, and the pope wants to encourage them.
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