ETERNAL MEMORY - Blessed Father Gerhard Hirschfelder died in a Nazi camp 79 years ago OTD. He was a German Catholic priest opposed to Nazism, he focused on youth discouraging them from joining the HitlerJugend, Pope Benedict XVI beatified him in 2010. He deserves to be better known, mainly Westward!
Today is the 30th anniversary of the burial of Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty in Esztergom. For 60 years he was a leading voice against Nazism and Communism in Hungary, he was imprisoned for speaking out against deportation of Jews and Communists imprisoned him until 1956. Worth to know more on his life
Relics of Georgian Queen Ketevan were handed over by Foreign Affairs Minister of India to the people of Georgia in Tbilisi. She was martyred in 1624 by Persians after she refused to convert to islam, the queen’s martyrdom was witnessed by Portuguese missionaries who took part of her remains to Goa .
Prayer request for kidnapped Christian leaders! OTD in 2013 Greek Orthodox Archbishop Paulos Yazigi and Syriac Orthodox Youhanna Ibrahim were kidnapped while back to Aleppo after delivering humanitarian aid to needy people. Their kidnapping occurred weeks after kidnapping of Armenian Catholic priest
