BLOG: Martyrs
Learn about Jesuit priest Rutilio Grande and three other martyrs from El Salvador to be beatified on January 22, and how to watch the Beatification Mass. ...read more
Here are three more saints named John. Can you tell them apart? Read about St. John the martyr, St. John Leonardi, and St. John of Capistrano. ...read more
How much do you know about St. Ignatius of Loyola? Did you know his name wasn't really Ignatius? And did you know there is another, much older St. Ignatius? ...read more
We probably all know the story about St. Lawrence, who joked with his torturers while being roasted alive. But do you know these other St. Lawrences? ...read more
In 1799, two monks were killed while defending the Eucharist. What can we take from the witness of Eucharistic martyrs to inform our own faith lives? ...read more
Read the full text of Pope Francis' address given in tribute to St. Paul Miki and companions at the site of their martyrdom in Nagasaki, Japan. ...read more