Monday 26 July |

Saint of the Day: Sts Joachim and Anne

Martyrs

Zelda Caldwell

A martyr’s death: Fr. Jacques Hamel is remembered

COMPOSTELA

Zoe Romanowsky

Introduce your family to these 5 fascinating Catholic shrines in Canada

René Goupil

Philip Kosloski

St. Augustine’s warning about celebrating martyrs’ feast days

SAINT Januarius

J-P Mauro

Watch the blood of St. Januarius liquefy in May 2021

PHILIPPE EVANS

J-P Mauro

Bones found in Jesuit attic revealed to be English Catholic martyrs

Ramesh Bashir, Naz Bano, Bashir Emmanuel

Kamran Chaudhry-ACN

Pakistani Catholic family prays for canonization of martyred son

John de Brébeuf

Zelda Caldwell

Join this Zoom conversation about the Jesuit martyrs of 17th-century New York

St. Lawrence hands the Christ Child a palm branch

V. M. Traverso

How to recognize the symbols of martyrdom in art

BISHOP ROMERO

John Burger

Salvadoran seminary rector shot to death

PRAYING

Philip Kosloski

How you can become an Irish “green martyr”

Engy Magdy-ACN

Martyrs’ shrine honors 21 victims of ISIS on 5th anniversary of their death

CANDLES

John Burger

29 Missionaries lost their lives in 2019, Vatican says

POPE FRANCIS GENERAL AUDIENCE

Kathleen N. Hattrup

There will always be martyrs, says Pope Francis

EDUARD PROFITTLICH

John Burger

Vestments of Estonian bishop who died in prison returned to his cathedral

Aleteia

This wheelchair-bound woman was a martyr of the Rosary in the Soviet Union

SS Francesco

Philip Kosloski

Pope reflects on modern Christian persecution during his first visit to a catacomb

Aleteia

Portuguese nun murdered for resisting rape could be beatified

Isaac Jogues

John Burger

The first Catholic priest to say Mass in Manhattan

NEWBORN,BABY,BIRTH

Cerith Gardiner

7 Unusual boys names from inspirational child martyrs

Fernando Olmeda Reguera

Larry Peterson

Martyrs of the secrecy of Confession: How many beatings would he take?

Margaret Clitherow

Larry Peterson

Martyrs of the secrecy of Confession: His high-profile penitent caught the authorities’ eye

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