Fr. Nicola Capelli was killed by Nazi soldiers while in the act of giving a final blessing to the dying around him.
It was the lucky wall of his school that gave Louis Favre, priest and teacher, an opportunity to become an example of the heroism that saved thousands of lives during World War II.
The 80th anniversary of the atomic bombs "has reawakened throughout the world the necessary rejection of war as a means of resolving conflicts."
The newly installed bell rings at Urakami Cathedral for the first time on the anniversary of the day the building was destroyed by an atomic bomb.
Organizers describe the pilgrimage not only as a memorial, but as a renewed call to conversion in how nations, communities, and individuals respond to violence
Pope Leo XIV suggests three helpful tools instead of the "illusory security" of nuclear deterrence.
“Some medals hang on the soul, not the jacket,” he once reportedly said. The biking champ is recognized as Righteous Among the Nations.
It was James Cagney’s favorite work, and they started filming it the day after Pearl Harbor.
These French martyrs died at the hands of the Nazi regime while giving spiritual support to French nationals sent to work in Germany during World War II.
The only U.S. chaplain who died on D-Day may become a saint. His cause for canonization was opened in 2019.
These petitions, scattered across six archives, span 17,400 pages in 17 languages.
Mother Riccarda Beauchamp Hambrough risked her life during World War II to protect Jews, often sheltering them in her convent in Italy.
Pope recalls International Day with appeal: "Let us build a more fraternal, more just world, together." On January 27, 1945, some 7,000 remaining prisoners were liberated from the camp.
Kai Höss learned about his grandfather's crimes when he was a boy. He then had a journey from darkness to light.
The Roman Martyrology recalls the heroic martyrdoms of a variety of Polish martyrs who were beatified on June 13, 1999.
In the heart of Hitler's and Stalin's Europe, Margarete Buber-Neumann and Milena Jesenska in the Nazi camp of Ravensbrück risked their lives to save others.
The bell was donated by the son of a man who participated in the Manhatten Project, which designed the bomb, and funded by US Catholics.
