Vatican City, Oct 24, 2025 (AFP) - Pope beatifies 11 priests killed by Nazi, Communist regimes

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2025-10-24

Pope Leo XIV on Friday approved the beatification of 11 "martyr" priests killed by the Nazi or Communist regimes in Europe in the 1940s and 1950s, putting them close to sainthood. They include Jan Swierc and eight other Polish Salesian priests between 1941 and 1942 "out of hatred for the faith" in Nazi camps at Auschwitz and Dachau, a Vatican statement said. The Holy See's official media, Vatican News, named the others as Ignacy Antonowicz, Ignac......

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