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January 9, 2015

Panel advising Vatican unanimous that Archbishop Romero is a martyr

Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, an outspoken critic of human rights abuses in El Salvador who was gunned down while celebrating Mass in 1980, is pictured in an undated photo. A panel advising the Vatican's Congregation for Saints' Causes voted unanimously to recognize the late Archbishop Romero as a martyr.

VATICAN CITY - A panel of theologians advising the Vatican's Congregation for Saints' Causes voted unanimously to recognize the late Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero as a martyr, according to the newspaper of the Italian bishops' conference.

Published in Vatican
August 31, 2014

Is James Foley a martyr? A brutal death sparks a faith-based debate

U.S. journalist James Foley is seen in Tripoli, Libya, in 2011. Pope Francis phoned Foley's bereaved family after he was killed by Islamic State militants in Syria.

From the moment news broke that U.S. journalist James Foley had been beheaded by Islamic State extremists in the Middle East, many Christians, especially Foley’s fellow Catholics, began calling him a martyr, with some even saying he should be considered a saint.

Published in International
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