
The Prayer of a Holy Journalist Before Dying for the Freedom of the Catholic Press
St. Brandsma visited 14 editors before the Gestapo arrested him.
St. Brandsma visited 14 editors before the Gestapo arrested him.
COMMENTARY: The lessons of August 1942 are complex.
Titus Brandsma and Charles de Foucauld both joined the communion of saints yesterday, though their journeys to canonization were just as different as their lives.
The journalist, mystic and saint is a fitting patron for the blogosphere.
More than 60 journalists write to Pope Francis with request, saying soon-to-be saint’s ‘journalistic works stand out among all his other activities,’ adding that ‘he gave his life for it. In our view, this makes him particularly suitable for this patronage.’
Father Brandsma’s beatification cause opened in the Dutch Diocese of Den Bosch in 1952. It was the first process for a candidate killed by the Nazis.
The May 15 Mass at the Vatican will now celebrate a total of 10 people the Catholic Church has recognized as saints, after miracles were confirmed to have taken place through their intercession.
The first major biography was just published in English by Carmelite Media.
The decision paves the way for the Dutch Carmelite friar’s canonization.
Anti-Nazi efforts by the Dutch priest saw him imprisoned and killed for his Christian witness.
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