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August 20, 2019

Investigation begun into sainthood cause for Burundi martyrs

Xavier Missionary Fathers Ottorino Maule and Aldo Marchiol are pictured in a composite photo with lay volunteer Catina Gubert. An investigation into the sainthood cause of the three missionary martyrs killed in Burundi opened June 21, 2019.

NAIROBI, Kenya -- The grisly murders of missionary priests and a local priest, a lay volunteer and 40 seminarians in Burundi are the focus of a recently opened investigation into their sainthood cause.

Published in Faith
June 27, 2016

Martyred Christians suffer ‘ecumenism of blood,’ Pope, patriarch say

Pope Francis and Catholicos Karekin II, patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church, arrive for an ecumenical meeting and prayer for peace in Republic Square in Yerevan, Armenia, June 25.

YEREVAN, Armenia – Applying the common faith they professed publicly earlier in the day, Pope Francis and Armenian Apostolic Catholicos Karekin II urged common action on behalf of persecuted Christians, welcome for refugees and defense of the family.

Published in International