Feb. 23 is the Feast of St. Polycarp
The Romans promised to free Polycarp if he’d declare ‘Caesar is Lord.’ He refused.
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St. Lucy Is a Beacon of Light in a Dark World
St. Lucy was powerless and unknown when she was martyred in AD 304, but after her death, her fame spread throughout Christendom.
The Advent of Father Alfred Delp, Slain for Defying the Nazis
Six months would elapse between the time of Father Alfred Delp’s arrest and his execution by the Gestapo. Here, in this period of waiting, was the perfect plan for Advent.
St. Josaphat, Pray For Us!
SAINTS & ART: Current world events make the witness of the martyr St. Josaphat more important than ever.
They Died Praying for Others: 2 Catholic Priests Martyred by Nazis Beatified in Italy
Fathers Giuseppe Bernardi and Mario Ghibaudo, a parish priest and parochial vicar, died while offering intercessory prayers for others.
Five Martyrs, Four Orders, One Faith
Five missionaries to Japan — a Dominican, a Franciscan, an Augustinian and two Jesuits — offered their lives in 1617 as witnesses to Jesus Christ.
St. Cornelius, Pope and Martyr, Pray For Us
SAINTS & ART: Pope St. Cornelius reminded the early Church that God’s mercy can forgive even the worst sins.
Catholic Priests Martyred Under Ottoman Empire Beatified in Lebanon
Father Leonard Melki and Father Thomas Saleh were Capuchin friars and missionaries in what is now Turkey who were arrested, tortured and martyred by the forces of the Ottoman Empire in 1915 and 1917 respectively.
Holiness Off the Beaten Path: St. Peter Chanel, Protomartyr of Oceania
God seems to like to write salvation history in places like Bethlehem and Nazareth — and Futuna
St. Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr, Pray For Us
SAINTS & ART: While St. Polycarp “shared the cup of Christ” with his martyrdom, it’s not the only reason we remember him almost 2,000 years later.
