Ahead of the canonization of the Martyrs of Damascus at Mass celebrated by Pope Francis on October 20, Fr. Luke Gregory of ...

Pope Francis created a new group of saints on Sunday, canonising 14 individuals including the "martyrs of Damascus", killed in Syria during the Ottoman Empire and symbols of Christian persecution.

These Martyrs contested for the Faith during the reign of Diocletian, in the year 288. Saint Callistratus was arrested as a Christian, and after being tormented, was enclosed in a sack and cast into ...

The overlooked story of Father Francisco Garcés and his companions, killed in California and Arizona in 1781, still resonates ...

The newly canonized include St. Giuseppe Allamano, a diocesan priest from Italy who founded the Consolata missionary orders, ...

St. Justin Martyr Born in Flavia Neapolis (in Palestinian Syria) around 100; conversion to Christianity around 130; martyred in Rome in the year 165, under Marcus Aurelius. Saint Justin Martyr (as ...

BEIJING -- China's Ministry of Veterans Affairs on Sunday announced that it has confirmed the identities of eight martyrs whose remains were found in the Ngari prefecture of the country's ...

Hours after Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces, Iran remembered Sinwar as a martyr whose vision for a liberated Palestine would be carried forward. Sinwar, the architect of the ...

General Bagheri emphasized that the path of Martyr Nasrallah will continue more vigorously, and God-willingly, the fate of the region and Palestine will be determined in the near future through the ...

On the morning of September 4, my eight-year-old niece Joody woke up bright-eyed and excited and suggested we celebrate her father’s birthday. It had been 25 days since we lost her father Moataz ...

Chief Adviser's Special Assistant Mahfuj Alam has announced that family members of every martyrs of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, which toppled the fascist Awami League government, will ...

They said creating a discrimination-free society is a must to honour the martyrs of the recent mass surprising. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The speakers made ...