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Vatican announces the recognition of the heroic virtues of Father Simon Mpeke, better known as Baba Simon

The help Father Beotti “offered to many Jewish people persecuted by the Nazi-Fascists played a decisive role” in his death, according to the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis formally recognized the martyrdom of an Italian priest shot by Nazi soldiers after they discovered he was helping his parishioners hide about 100 Jews. The martyrdom of Father Giuseppe Beotti, who was arrested and shot July 20, 1944, in Sidolo in northern Italy, was one of nine decrees in sainthood causes Pope Francis signed May 20. The help Father Beotti 'offered to many Jewish people persecuted by the Nazi-Fascists played a decisive role' in his death, acco

Canonization Mass for St. Artemide Zatti and St. Giovanni Battista Scalabrini on Oct. 9, 2022. / Daniel Ibanez/CNARome Newsroom, May 20, 2023 / 05:40 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Saturday approved the beatification of a young Italian priest martyred by Nazis during World War II, and advanced the beatification causes of eight other men and women.Father Giuseppe Beotti was one month shy of his 32nd birthday when he was shot by the Germans after refusing to leave his parish despite threats to his life. "As long as there is a soul to care for, I stay in my place," he is recorded as saying.Be...