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A Song before Dying

Ian Squire, one of four British medical missionaries held captive in Nigeria, was martyred immediately after he sang “Amazing Grace.”

A Marshall Plan for Iraq

Aid to the Church in Need and other agencies help exiled Christians return and rebuild their homes.

Honor the Dead of Minya

Christians should be “ever restless and discontent with human definitions of compassion, mercy, and justice.”

More Bombings in Egypt

ISIS claims culpability as Palm Sunday blasts kill 49 worshipers.

Sympathy for Judas: Martin Scorcese’s Silence

How is one supposed to understand Fr. Rodrigues in Martin Scorsese's film?

Abp. Luwum, 40 Years On

Church of Uganda adds event on Feb. 5, plans to reveal master design plan for site at Mucwini.

Christmas is about martyrdom: The lesson of St. Stephen

Christmas is a season of joyous celebration because God loves us so very much that he was willing to give up everything for us.

‘Evil Attacks the Weakest’

English faith leaders: The murder of Fr. Jacques Hamel while he celebrated Mass is a testimony to evil.

Stephen, full of power and grace

Could I ask, with the martyr St. Stephen, "O Lord, give me every disadvantage, every difficulty, every hardness. Send me out with no tools, no friends, no worldly hopes of vengeance or reward. Put me among the hateful, the violent, the diseased, the unstable"?

Honor for an American Martyr

Ruby Sales: “That was the deal we made with each other: that any one of us would have died for each other.”

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