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“Martyred for their Catholic faith, martyred for their Jewish blood” Lives of Catholic Jewish martyrs recounted in new book, “Edith Stein and Companions: On the Way to Auschwitz” SAN FRANCISCO, May 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- A fascinating new book just released from Ignatius Press, "Edith Stein and Companions: On the Way to Auschwitz," recounts the inspirational stories of the Catholic Jewish martyrs. On the same summer day in 1942, Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) and hundreds of other Catholic Jews were arrested in Holland by the occupying Nazis. Of those arrested, 113 (several of them priests and...

Here is a translation of the Holy Father's words at the abbreviated General Audience today, speaking from the balcony overlooking the inner courtyard of the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo: Dear brothers and sisters! Having returned from Bressanone, where I spent a period of repose, I am happy to meet and greet you again, dear residents of Castel Gandolfo, and all you pilgrims who have come today to visit me. I wish to thank once more those who welcomed me and watched over my sojourn in the mountains. They were days of serene relaxation, during which I did not cease...

August 9, 2005Tuesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Tuesday 35 Reading IDt 31:1-8 When Moses had finished speaking to all Israel, he said to them,"I am now one hundred and twenty years oldand am no longer able to move about freely;besides, the LORD has told me that I shall not cross this Jordan.It is the LORD, your God, who will cross before you;he will destroy these nations before you,that you may supplant them.It is Joshua who will cross before you, as the Lord promised.The LORD will deal with them just as he dealt with Sihon and Og,the...