Fifteen years have passed since the martyrdom of Fr. Ragheed Ganni, Chaldean priest of the Holy Spirit parish and secretary to the Bishop of Mosul, the martyr Archbishop Faraj Rahho. Ganni may soon receive the title of Blessed. Ganni, considered one of the most influential martyrs of the Catholic Church in Iraq, was assassinated by … Read more
The history of the Society of Jesus and Mexico is closely intertwined, mainly in its modern part, when the religious order successfully spread after its founding in 1540 at the hands of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. In our country there have been mainly two periods in which this Catholic community was persecuted: the first with … Read more
On August 15, 1936 militiamen of the National Front they shot on the beach of La Garrofa, in Almería, the director of the Catholic newspaper The independenceFructuoso Perez Márquez, and several collaborators. Along with him, his collaborators and editors fell under the bullets: Fructuoso’s brother-in-law, Antonio Barceló Toro; the priest and religious editor, Rafael Román … Read more