VATICAN CITY (CNS) When St. John Paul II initiated preparations for the Holy Year 2000, he believed the church in every corner of the earth must remain anchored in the testimony of the martyrs and jealously guard their memory in order to journey with faith, hope and confidence into the third millennium.
Martyrs have proclaimed the Gospel by giving their lives for love, reflecting Christ s words on the cross, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do, the pope wrote in his 19
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