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Catholic News - Pope
St. Stephen: Visiting the spot where the first martyr died
Church of St. Stephen in Jerusalem, Israel, Sept. 18, 2018. / Credit: Bukvoed, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA…
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Catholic News - Americas
Students for Life’s Kristan Hawkins: Charlie Kirk ‘died a martyr’
Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins. / Credit: “EWTN News in Depth”/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 13, 2025…
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Cardinal Chomali: 21st-century Christian ‘will either be a martyr or will not be a Christian’
Cardinal Fernando Chomali, archbishop of Santiago, Chile. / Credit: Courtesy of Archdioceses of Santiago, Chile ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 11,…
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A Life Poured Out: St. Maximilian Kolbe and the Call to Radical Forgiveness
Today, the Church honors St. Maximilian Kolbe — a man whose life was a living echo of Christ’s words on…
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Catholic News - Americas
Remembering St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Jewish convert and martyr
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. / Credit: Public domain Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 9, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).…
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Catholic News - Pope
San Antonio Archdiocese to commemorate martyr who fought for religious freedom in Mexico
Blessed Anacleto González Flores, martyr of the religious persecution that Mexico experienced in the 1920s. / Credit: Mexican Bishops’ Conference…
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Priest and martyr of Communism Father Michał Rapacz beatified in Krakow
The beatification Mass of Father Michał Rapacz at the Divine Mercy Shrine in Krakow-Łagiewniki, Poland, on Saturday, June 15, 2024…
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Catholic News - General
The first Mexican-born martyr: a castaway friar who was crucified in Japan
Pope Francis at the Nagasaki Martyrs’ Monument on Nishizaka Hill Nov. 24, 2019. / Vatican Media. ACI Prensa Staff, Feb…
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St. Agatha, the early Church martyr who tradition says was visited by St. Peter
This painting of St. Peter visiting St. Agatha was created by Federico Zuccari between 1597 and 1599 for the altar…
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The origins of St. Agnes, child saint and martyr
A lamb is wreathed in flowers during a special Mass for the feast of St. Agnes at the Basilica of…
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