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At the turn of the new millennium, Pope Saint John Paul II announced that the twentieth century had been a century of martyrs.

Salonen writes, "Science reveals that our hormones and brains function differently; the cells of females have XX chromosomes, hardwiring femininity in the genes. Years after our deaths, if our graves are dug up, archaeologists will know whether we were male or female by examining our bones."

May the ears of your mercy, O God, be open to our prayers, and, so that you might grant the things we yearn for, lead us to desire the things which are pleasing to you, through Jesus Christ, our Saviour who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Carmelites from around the world gathered in Rome for a week of celebrations to mark the canonisation of the Dutch journalist friar Titus Brandsma, killed in Dachau in 1942.A small group of friars, lay Carmelites and friends from the UK met up with a larger Irish contingent on th...

By Regis Martin - St. Titus Brandsma stands out as perhaps the most compelling example for Catholics concerned about the threat of state-sponsored terror and tyranny.