It also matters because these martyrs are leaven there — refusing hatred even at machete’s edge. “Christian faith can turn ordinary men and women into heroes,” Chaput writes.

As Pope Francis put it in his homily at the shrine for Christian martyrs in Uganda during his recent visit: The witness of the martyrs shows to all who have heard their story, then and now ...

Christian Marriage — the faithful, exclusive lifelong bond between one man and one woman — is essential to the Gospel (see ...

"Coptic" means Egyptian. The Coptic are one of the original Christian Orthodox churches. For 2,000 years, they've been a persecuted church. And some scholars, said Hart, think they've had millions of ...

Various scenes from New Testament and Old: Christian martyrdom under Roman rule, Daniel in the lion's den, and Belshazzar's vision of a floating hand spelling the end of his rule.

Christian intellectuals were purged from the ... face-to-face not with artistic renderings and iconography but with the martyrs themselves—first marching across the sand in orange jumpsuits ...

The Church in Pakistan should not remain silent while waiting for the Vatican to recognize Shahbaz Bhatti and Akash Bashir ...

This newly designated national shrine is holy ground, witnessing to 17th-century Jesuit priests and laymen and St. Kateri ...

The terrorists’ violent campaign against Christians featured one memorable execution on a beach in Libya. “Most of us ...

Since Gomez, Burgos and Zamora were priests, shouldn't they be considered martyrs to their faith? After 500 years of Christianity, the Philippines has produced two 17th century Christian saints ...

On Wednesday, January 29th, 2025, the sacred walls of Al-Aour’s Martyrs Church in Minya, Egypt, held more than just prayers. In the morning, families gathered in reverent anticipation for a ...