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November 20, 2018

Ordinary Trappist martyrs in Algeria gave extraordinary witness

Father Christophe Lebreton works with a table saw at the Monastery of Notre Dame de l'Atlas near Medea, Algeria, in this undated photo. Father Lebreton and six other Trappist monks murdered in 1996 by the members of the Armed Islamic Group will be beatified Dec. 8 in Oran, Algeria.
VATICAN – After Islamic terrorists stormed the Algerian monastery he called home, Trappist Father Christian de Cherge felt compelled to put pen to paper and write down his testament.
Published in International