The martyrs' witness is not primarily about sexual purity, as it's sometimes reduced to. It's about the refusal to pretend that wrong is right because someone powerful insists on it.
Saint Matthew, also known as Saint Matthew the Evangelist, Apostle, or Levi, was one of Jesus Christ's Twelve Apostles and wrote the first Synoptic Gospel. He was from Palestine in the first century CE.
On September 20, the Church honors Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, who passed away on September 16, 1846, and Saint Paul Chong Hasang and Companions, who died between 1839 and 1867.
Saint Bartholomew, also known as Nathanael, was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, whose feast day is observed on August 24 every year in the Catholic Church.
Tracing Janssen's path to founding SVD is a lengthy journey. It encompasses his numerous interactions with a variety of parties. Inevitably, a slew of issues and complications arose during the process. He encountered cultural clashes and religious strife in Germany following the outbreak of the "Kulturkampf," which resulted in the decline of spiritual practices in the country. As a devout Catholic family, Janssen was taken aback by a shift in the public's religious attitude.
On April 27, 2003, Alberione was beatified by Pope Saint John Paul II, who called him the “First Apostle of the New Evangelization”—a sign for the whole Church that even through an avant-garde apostolate can one achieve holiness.
Pope Francis approved the Sainthood of an Indian martyr, Blessed Lazarus, called Devasahayam Pillai. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints announced the canonization on November 9.
