Posted on 12/07/2015 6:27:18 AM PST by marshmallow
Two Poles and one Italian were killed by Shining Path guerrillas in 1991
Three European missionary priests killed by Shining Path terrorists in Peru in 1991 have been beatified.
According to Associated Press, 30,000 people attended the beatification ceremony for Franciscans Fathers Michal Tomaszek and Zbigniew Strzalkowski of Poland and Fr Alessandro Dordi of Italy in a stadium in Chimbote, in northern Peru, on Saturday.
Italian Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over the ceremony and there were representatives from all of the dioceses of Peru and groups from Poland and Italy.
Father Zbigniew, 32, and Fr Michal, 30, were killed on August 9 1991 after a Mass in the district of Pariacoto.
Both were shot in the head and signs were hung around their necks calling them "imperialist lackeys".
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicherald.co.uk ...
More victims of Communism. Pray for us!
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