In an unusual move, Pope Francis formally inserted 21 Coptic Orthodox martyrs killed by ISIS into the church’s formal martyrology, making one of the rare occasions in which non-Catholics have ...

There is an unofficial canon of queer Catholic saints. Those who know it, know it. Queer Catholicism demands a spiritual practice of bold imagination and history-searching despite what is recorded.

Pope Francis canonized 14 new saints on Sunday, including a father of eight and Franciscan friars killed in Syria for refusing to renounce their faith and convert to Islam. In a Mass in St. Peter ...

Pope John Paul II at the Uganda Martyrs Catholic Shrine Namugongo, Wakiso, in 1993. On October 18, 1964, ... making them the first modern African saints in Catholic history.

Pope Francis created a new group of saints today, canonising 14 individuals, including the “Martyrs of Damascus”, killed in Syria during the Ottoman Empire and symbols of Christian persecution.

French Martyrs of Compiègne declared saints. CBCP News; December 22, 2024; 2 minute read; BLESSED Martyrs of Compiègne were guillotined for their faith on July 17, 1794.

The martyrs, comprising 11 nuns, three lay sisters, and two externs, were arrested during a time of fierce anti-Catholic persecution. The French Revolution’s Civil Constitution of the Clergy had ...

Pope Francis created a new group of saints on Sunday, canonizing 14 individuals including the "martyrs of Damascus," killed in Syria during the Ottoman Empire and symbols of Christian persecution.