Despite Saint Sebastian’s popularity in art history, the details of his life are sparingly few. Saint Sebastian is venerated as an early Christian martyr and a saint by the Catholic and Orthodox ...

Other icons of the saints and martyrs are displayed all around the perimeter of the church. Generally, at the entrance of an Orthodox church the faithful light a candle in front of St Mary the ...

SAINTS & ART: The last members of the Chinese Martyrs, canonized by Pope St. John Paul II in 2000, died in 1930. An Irish holy card depicting St. Xi Zhuzi, who was tortured and martyred in 1900 at ...

Ari Ben Am, Gabriel Weimann, Fabricated Martyrs, Perspectives on Terrorism, Vol. 14, No. 5 (October 2020), ... No. 5, October 2020 Fabricated Martyrs: The Warrior-Saint Icons of Far-Right Terrorism ...

Every year on November 1, many Roman Catholics and other Christians around the world observe All Saints Day, which honors all saints of the church deemed to have attained heaven.

VATICAN CITY – Lengthy historic investigations. Decrees of "heroic virtues." Miraculous cures. The Vatican's complicated saint-making process has long fascinated Catholics and no-Catholics alike ...

Vatican City • Pope Francis, who often laments current persecutions of Christians, has given the Catholic Church 35 new saints, nearly all of them martyrs, from past centuries.

If you were reading this on Nov. 1 in Europe in A.D. 850, you would be well advised to hie thee to the nearest church, where you would participate in ...

Every year on November 1, many Roman Catholics and other Christians around the world observe All Saints Day, which honors all saints of the church deemed to have attained heaven.

The Vatican's complicated saint-making process has long fascinated Catholics and non-Catholics alike, ... A miracle is needed, however, for martyrs to be canonized. ___ THE MARTO CASE, A FIRST.