Paris Commune victims beatified after decades of tension
Paris Commune victims beatified after decades of tension
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Paris Commune victims beatified after decades of tension
(OSV News) -- Five Catholic priests have been beatified in France, 152 years after they were seized as hostages and shot in the street by rebels of the Paris Commune. 'The story of these martyrs offers a warning for today, but also a message of hope from a Christian perspective,' said Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. 'The circumstances to which they fell victim -- with several dozen other people also massacred by revolutionaries in their
“During long, lonely hours in their prison cells, God accomplished his work, preparing them to be citizens of the ultimate homeland.”
Among those martyred during the blood week of the Paris Commune were Fathers Ladislas Radigue, Polycarpe Tuffier, Marcellin Rouchouze, Frézal Tardieu, and Mathieu-Henri Planchat. / Public Domain Washington D.C., Apr 25, 2023 / 10:40 am (CNA). F...
The five priests beatified Saturday were declared martyrs by Pope Francis last November.