Martyrdom
The Warning of Herod and the Feast of the Holy Innocents
by Fr. Steve Grunow . December 27, 2019 .
The Martyrs and a Higher World
by Bishop Robert Barron . November 10, 2019 .
The story conveyed in our first reading from the second book of Maccabees is one that resonates up and down the ages, that still stirs our hearts today. It’s the story of a martyr’s death. We can talk about heaven, we can speculate about it, we can write learned treatises about it, and we can hope for it. But up and down the centuries, it is the martyrs—from the ancient Maccabees to the Christians slain by ISIS—that most vividly witness to the promise of heaven. They literally bet their lives on it.
Bishop Barron on the Persecution of Christians
by Bishop Robert Barron . May 30, 2019 .
There were more Christian martyrs in the twentieth century than in all of the previous nineteen centuries combined. Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, and many of their lesser-known totalitarian colleagues put millions of Christians to death for their faith in that terrible hundred- year period. One of the saddest features of the still-young twenty-first century is that this awful trend is undoubtedly continuing. By far the most persecuted religious group in the world today are Christians, and they are dying by the thousands especially in the Middle East and in Africa.
Antonio Cuipa and Companions
by Fr. Blake Britton . May 14, 2019 .
The Imperialism of the Martyrs
by Bishop Robert Barron . May 12, 2019 .
The book of Revelation is an unveiling of a new state of affairs, the new things that are on offer in light of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. Though it looks like worldly power holds sway, real power belongs to the army of those who have chosen to follow the…
Violence Against Christians and the Waning of Reason
by Bishop Robert Barron . April 30, 2019 .
There were more Christian martyrs in the twentieth century than in all of the previous nineteen centuries combined. Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, and many of their lesser-known totalitarian colleagues put millions of Christians to death for their faith in that terrible hundred- year period. One of the saddest features…
La violencia contra los cristianos y el declive de la razón
by Bishop Robert Barron . April 30, 2019 .
Hubo más mártires cristianos en el siglo XX que en los diecinueve siglos anteriores combinados. Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot y muchos otros de sus colegas totalitarios menos conocidos mataron a millones de cristianos por su fe en ese terrible periodo de cien años. Una de las características más tristes…
