The people of Rome complained to the eparch Celerinus that Saints ... The Martyr Claudius was drowned in the sea, and his sons and soldiers were beheaded. Christians buried the bodies of the holy ...

And the odd thing is it fails.... The net effect of this is that a new cult of the martyrs ... from Rome which have always been suspicious of Rome. This simply brings those into the Christian ...

Deep below the streets of Rome lie the ancient catacombs where early Christians buried their dead and sustained hope for eternal life. About the same time as the persecution of Decius, middle of ...

All Christian catacombs in Rome are property of the Catholic Church ... Pope Sixtus II entrusted the Holy Grail to Lawrence to save it from the persecution of Emperor Valerian.

Pro-Lifers Should Vote No on RFK The New Fusionism of Wanting to Blow Stuff Up Looking at persecution and martyrdom of Christians today. Rome — There are people being crucified. Families are ...

A local pilgrimage that kicked off in January in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis offers an opportunity to celebrate the newly canonized Martyrs of Damascus and to, in prayer, walk ...

and one of her sweaters were placed Jan. 10 on the altar of the "new martyrs of the Americas" in Rome's Basilica of St. Bartholomew. Stang was sent on mission to the Brazilian Amazon in 1966 and ...