Martyrs of Algeria

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Pope Francis greeted Father Jean Pierre Schumacher in Morocco March 31, 2019. His martyred community was beatified in December 2018.

The last surviving Trappist monk from Algeria massacre has died at 97

Nov 22, 2021

By Courtney Mares

The Tibhirine monks’ story was dramatized in the 2010 French film Of Gods and Men, which won the Grand Prix... Read more

Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who will be beatified in Oran, Algeria, Dec. 8, 2018. Courtesy Eglise catholique d'Algerie.

The Algerian martyrs shed their blood for Christ, pope says

Dec 7, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Ahead of the beatification Saturday of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994... Read more

Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who will be beatified in Oran, Algeria, Dec. 8, 2018. Courtesy Eglise catholique d'Algerie.

Algerian martyrs are models for the Church, archbishop says

Nov 16, 2018

Archbishop Paul Desfarges of Algiers has said that Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria... Read more

Algerian martyrs to be beatified in December

Sep 14, 2018

The Algerian bishops' conference has announced that the beatification of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred... Read more

Algerian martyrs to be beatified in Oran this year

Apr 11, 2018

The Algerian government has approved the holding of a beatification Mass in Oran for seven French Trappist monks who were... Read more