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Algerian Martyrs Will Be Beatified in December

The beatification of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in the country between 1994 and 1996, will be held Dec. 8. Catholic News Agency ORAN, Algeria — The Algerian bishop... read more

Algerian martyrs to be beatified in Algeria Dec. 8

The beatification of 19 martyrs of Algeria, including the seven Trappist monks of Tibhirine, will be celebrated Dec. 8 in Oran, Algeria, the country’s bishops announced. ROME — The beatification of 19 ... read more

The beatification of martyrs in Algeria, a seed of hope for the country

came the news of the upcoming beatification of the 19 Christian martyrs killed in Algeria during the civil war that devastated the country from 1991 to 2002. The ceremony itself is scheduled for 8 Dec... read more

Monks of Tibhirine to be beatified in Algeria in December

Cardinal Becciu will preside over the ceremony of the feast of the Immaculate Conception A bishop, seven Trappist monks and 11 other religious men and women killed by extremists in Algeria in the 1990... read more

“Of Gods and Men” monks to be beatified December 8

... for the movie “Of Gods and Men” will be beatified in Algeria on December 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. They will be declared Blessed along with 12 other martyrs of Algeria — six women ... read more

Algeria prepares for beatification of 19 martyrs

Seven of the nineteen martyrs rose to international fame following the film Of Gods and Men. But on December 8th, all of the 19 men and women martyred by Islamic terrorists in Algeria between 1994 and ... read more

Algerian martyrs are models for the Church, archbishop says

The Algerian martyrs will be beatified Dec. 8 at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Holy Cross in Oran. “The beatification of our brothers and sisters is a grace for our Church,” Desfarges wrote in ... read more

Catholics urged to follow example of Blessed Takayama

Be martyrs for the Catholic ... Refusing to give up his faith, Blessed Takayama lived under the protection of his allies. He was eventually forced to leave his homeland, arriving in Manila in December ... read more

Causes of Saints: Two Martyrs One in Hungary and One in Somalia and Six “Heroic Virtues”

So the two martyrs who could ipso facto be beatified soon are: Father Janos Brenner, Hungarian diocesan priest, a Cistercian novice before the arrival of Communism (Szombathely, December 27, 1931 – Ra... read more

Monks of Tibhirine, depicted in ‘Of Gods and Men’, to be beatified

Their story was memorably, and beautifully, told in the extraordinary film, Of Gods and Men, and they are about to become beatified, along with 12 other Algerian martyrs.. The decree of beatification ... read more

Priest who died of hunger in Communist prison to be beatified

A priest who died of cold and hunger in a Communist prison will be beatified as a martyr ... and unrecognised Christian martyrs” who died in Romania during four decades of Communist rule, which ended ... read more

Martyrdom Answers Jesus’ Call: ‘Come, Follow Me’

Just in the past year, in beatification and canonization ceremonies around the world, 361 martyrs have been declared “Blessed” or new saints. They span the globe, from Japan to Algeria and from Spain ... read more