ROME — Nestled in the heart of Rome, the Venerable English College continues its centuries-old mission, forming future priests who carry on the legacy of the English martyrs, ready to face the ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday decided to make the Martyrs of Compiègne officially saints. It was a rare decision, in that no one in the Church disagreed with it. In order to understand why the decision ...

It's a stark reality that -- no matter how many times it's repeated -- never loses the power to shock: The 20th century produced double the number of Christian martyrs than all the previous nineteen ...

On Jan. 12, the Church honors the feast days for several martyrs and groups of martyrs at a time in which Christians still face persecution and the threat of martyrdom at the hands of authoritarian ...

ROMEROME — Pope Francis has set up a special commission tasked with identifying those he calls the “new martyrs” of the 21st century — Christians who have been slain in some cases simply for attending ...

Dr. Mary Soha delivers a Nov. 20 talk on the canonization cause of the Martyrs of La Florida at the Saint John Paul II ...

A man holds a religious leaflet showing Father Jacques Hamel during his funeral mass, outside the Rouen cathedral, Normandy, Tuesday, Aug.2, 2016. (Credit: AP Photo/Michel Euler.) Listen ROME — On ...

The fire made the likeness of a room, like the sail of a vessel filled with wind, and surrounded the body of the martyr as with a wall, and he was within it not as burning flesh, but as bread that is ...

The Coptic Orthodox Church will dedicate on Thursday a new church to the 21 Martyrs of Libya, who were beheaded by the Islamic State, three years after their deaths. The church will be opened Feb. 15, ...

A live celebration of the First Mass of the Nativity with carols, readings and the traditional blessing of the crib. Led by the Rt Rev Monsignor Canon Harkness.

This summer the Church of the Japanese Martyrs in Leavenworth will mark the 150th anniversary of the parish with a celebration and Mass the weekend of Aug. 19 and 20. The public is invited to join in ...

A mural of Archbishop Oscar Romero and Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande is seen in El Paisnal, El Salvador, March 9. (CNS photo/Octavio Duran) Readers of America may be aware that Pope Francis recently ...