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May Day and martyrdom under Communism

April 30, 2022 Dawn Beutner 2

Are there any saintly Catholics who lived under Communist governments, died as martyrs, and are remembered by the Church during the month of May? Unfortunately, there is no shortage of blesseds who fit that description. […]

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The Pope and the Patriarch of Moscow

April 27, 2022 George Weigel 33

Pope Francis is undoubtedly grieved by the carnage in Ukraine. And when the Catholic Church’s chief ecumenical officer, Cardinal Kurt Koch, tells journalists he shares the papal conviction that religious justifications of aggression are “blasphemy” […]