The Ukrainian Catholic Church at home and abroad, he said, has become “a powerful voice” for sharing with the world “who Ukrainians are, what they fight for, what they live and die for.”
World’s Ukrainian bishops gather in Poland near Polish border
Bishops advance sainthood cause of 81 Korean War martyrs
The Special Episcopal Commission to Promote Beatification and Canonization held its closing session June 7 for preliminary examination of 81 Servants of God, the title accorded to individuals as the first step toward canonization.
Cardinal says Salvador’s new martyrs are road map to reconciliation
Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez, during a Jan. 22 beatification Mass for the country’s four new blesseds, challenged Salvadorans to learn about the past through its martyrs.
Photos of the Week: Jan. 24, 2022
In the spotlight: Tension in Ukraine, national March for Life, Salvadoran martyrs, tsunami
Bishop visits tomb for U.S. women in El Salvador who may become martyrs
Representatives from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops celebrated Mass Jan. 20 at the tomb of two Maryknoll sisters from the U.S. buried El Salvador — where they were murdered in 1980 — and called them “martyrs” and “models” for the Catholic Church.
U.S. bishop with a Salvadoran heart weighs in on historic beatifications
As El Salvador gets ready for four beatifications Jan. 22, 2022, Bishop Hicks, who spent time as a missionary in the Central American country, says there’s a lot to glean from lives of the four martyrs from the tiny nation.
South Korean diocese says remains of first Catholic martyrs recovered
During his visit to South Korea in 2014, Pope Francis beatified the three along with 121 other martyrs persecuted and killed during the rule of the Joseon dynasty in Korea.
Saints of the Week: The First Martyrs of Rome
After a raging fire destroyed two-thirds of Rome in 64, Emperor Nero blamed Rome’s Christians to divert suspicion from himself.