Pope’s first canonisation will recognise Blessed Antonio Primaldo and the townsfolk of Otranto
Topic: martyrs
Pope recognises martyrs who died at the hands of communist and fascist regimes
Posted on Thursday, 28 March 2013
The way has been prepared for the beatification of Italian, Romanian and Hungarian priests
The Tyburn Tree bears abundant fruit
Posted on Wednesday, 28 September 2011
A new film shows the amazing growth of a contemplative order whose convent stands near the notorious execution spot, says Simon Caldwell
Archbishop Longley recalls martyrs
Posted on Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Archbishop of Birmingham celebrates Mass at the Shrine of the English Martyrs at Harvington Hall, Worcestershire
‘We tried to portray their humanity’
Posted on Monday, 20 December 2010
Anna Arco talks to the writer behind the haunting tale of seven Trappist monks murdered in Algeria
The Lancashire priest executed for his zeal
Posted on Thursday, 26 August 2010
St Edmund Arrowsmith (August 28) was hanged, drawn and quartered and his head set upon a pike
Vatican approves English feast days
Posted on Tuesday, 20 July 2010
The feast days commemorate St Gregory the Great, St Thomas Becket, the English Martyrs and St Augustine of Canterbury
On retreat, boys learn silence
Posted on Thursday, 15 July 2010
Pupils at Cardinal Vaughan school go on retreat at Tyburn Convent
Daily readings: July 4 – July 10
Posted on Friday, 2 July 2010
Scripture readings for the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
Why on earth did French revolutionaries persecute and murder enclosed nuns?
The fine parish church of St Jacques in Compiègne has a side chapel dedicated to 16 Carmelites martyred in the Revolution