Pope establishes 'Commission of the New Martyrs - Witnesses of the Faith'
In view of the Jubilee of 2025, Pope Francis decides to create a working group at the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to draw up a catalogue of all Christians - not only Catholics - who have shed their blood to confess Christ in the last quarter of a century.
05 July 2023
By Vatican News
Pope Francis released a letter on Wednesday, 5 July, in which he announced the establishment of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints' "Commission of the New Martyrs - Witnesses of the Faith", in view of the Jubilee of 2025.
The working group's objective will be to draw up a catalogue of all Christians who have shed their blood to confess Christ and bear witness to the Gospel.
"Martyrs in the Church," wrote the Pope, "are witnesses of the hope ...
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