Ancient Greece and Rome may have handed down the image of rosy-cheeked Cupids, but their myths about him explore the messier ...

By signing the decree in the sainthood cause of the Georgia martyrs Jan. 27 ... 17, 1597, after Father de Corpa told a young ...

By signing the decree in the sainthood cause of the Georgia martyrs Jan. 27, the pope cleared the way for their beatification ...

Pope Francis recognized Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi as a martyr late last year, setting him on the path to beatification.

especially from the martyrs' families. TEHRAN: Iranian police arrested two young women after publication of a video in which they danced in a Tehran cemetery without adhering to the country's ...

He radiated a luminous and sacred presence that recalled the first Christian martyrs,” the pastor related ... communion” that the legacy of the young Pakistani represents.

In the conflict-battered Goma, where years of war have increased desperation and corruption, Kositi’s designation as a martyr has eased ... as people, as young people in the province of North ...

"How can we not recognize that even these times, in various parts of the world, professing Christian faith requires the heroism of martyrs?" Pope Benedict asked as he addressed crowds in St. Peter's ...