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Saint of the Day: Sts. Philip and James the Less

Martyrs

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

CONFESSION

Larry Peterson

Martyrs of the secrecy of Confession: Would one priest betray another?

John Nepomucene

Larry Peterson

Martyrs of the secrecy of Confession: Is my wife being unfaithful?

Mateo Correa Magallanes

Larry Peterson

Martyrs of the secrecy of Confession: What had the prisoners revealed?

BLESSED VASYL VELYCHKOVSKY

John Burger

In Lviv, Ukraine, a modest apartment is a shrine to the faith of martyrs

J-P Mauro

Four Catholics killed in latest Bukina Faso attack, 20 dead since April

Aleteia

Father Hamel’s canonization process moves to Rome

BLESSED JAMES MILLER PHOTO

Philip Kosloski

Exclusive photos: Wisconsin martyr’s sister tells what it’s like to have a saint in the family

MARTYRS

Brother Silas Henderson, SDS

The 26 men and boys who died on a hill of crosses outside Nagasaki

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Philip Kosloski

The saint who ran away from martyrdom

SAINT,STEPHEN,PROTOMARTYR

Tom Hoopes

Yes still today, Christmas means martyrdom

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The martyrs of Algeria had already laid down their lives before anyone could take them

ST SIMEON

Philip Kosloski

5 Saints who were crucified

KOLBE

Philip Kosloski

5 Courageous saints who were sent to Nazi concentration camps

FR JACQUES HAMEL

Theresa Civantos Barber

Remembering Father Jacques Hamel, parish priest martyred in France

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