Martyrdom of Pope St. John I remembered May 18

May 12, 2013 - 06:09 am .- On May 18, the Catholic Church honors the first “Pope John” in its history. Saint John I was a martyr for the faith, imprisoned and starved to death by a heretical Germanic king during the sixth century. He was a friend of the renowned Christian philosopher Boethius, who died in a similar manner.

Pope advances sainthood causes for persecuted Catholics

Mar 28, 2013 - 09:43 am .- Pope Francis has approved moving ahead with 16 causes for sainthood, which include multiple 20th-century martyrs, the foundress of a religious order with U.S. ties and a lay Portuguese woman.

Catholic nurse executed by Nazis remembered in Rome

Mar 7, 2013 - 04:12 pm .- Blessed Maria Restituta, a Catholic nurse who was decapitated by the Nazis in March of 1943, was remembered for her courageous martyrdom during a recent Mass in Rome.

Catholics in Scotland to celebrate convert and martyr St. John Ogilvie

Mar 3, 2013 - 06:02 am .- March 10 is the liturgical memorial of Saint John Ogilvie, a 16th- and 17th-century Scotsman who converted from Presbyterianism to Catholicism, served as a Jesuit priest, and died as a martyr at the hands of state officials.

Patriarch St. Flavian's faithful witness honored Feb. 18

Feb 17, 2013 - 06:10 am .- On Feb. 18, the Roman Catholic Church remembers Patriarch Saint Flavian of Constantinople, who is honored on the same date by Eastern Catholics of the Byzantine tradition and by Eastern Orthodox Christians.  

New Buffalo bishop stresses need for modern-day martyrs

Aug 11, 2012 - 07:09 am .- As Bishop Richard J. Malone became the fourteenth Bishop of Buffalo, N.Y. on Aug. 10, he outlined the need for martyrs who will witness to Jesus Christ through “a daily dying to self.”

Actor admires Mexican martyr’s strong defense of the faith

May 18, 2012 - 03:09 pm .- Mauricio Kuri has come to believe that, like the teenage Mexican martyr he plays in the upcoming film “For Greater Glory,” people must stand up for religious freedom.