World War II

Fifty French Catholics killed under German Nazism were beatified Dec. 13, 2025, during a Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris — an event that recognized their witness of faith during World War II.

Author, Elie Wiesel, gives a diary of a year and the agonizing glimpse into the appalling horror of the Holocaust.

The Ulmas are on the path to beatification with the Vatican declaring them martyrs Dec. 17, 2022.

The documentation, titled “Ebrei” (“Jews”), aims “to preserve the petitions for help from Jewish people all over Europe, received by (Pope Pius XII) during the Nazi-Fascist persecutions,” the Vatican said.

St. Cloud resident Ed Crawford prays the rosary twice on his daily walks. He turns 99 Dec. 6, the day before Americans observe the 80th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.

Father Emil Kapaun, who died in a prisoner of war camp in 1951, is a candidate for sainthood.

“This will show how courage and devotion are linked to saintliness,” said Sister Jozefa Krupa, spokeswoman for the Congregation of Sisters of St. Elizabeth, the religious order to which the women belonged.

Recognizing the martyrdom of the 10 religious women, members of the Sisters of St. Elizabeth, clears the way for their beatification.