Simply Spirit: More than 420 Catholics from all over the world gathered in an online event to celebrate Ludmila Javorova, who courageously served the underground church in communist Czechoslovakia as an ordained priest.
Commentary: Martyrdom was once a very restricted idea, but today we recognize that Christian faith must influence all we do — and Archbishop Romero exemplified that.
A Polish Catholic nursing association has advocated since the 1990s for Hanna Chrzanowska's canonization. She will come a step closer with a beatification Mass April 28 in Krakow.
Though often viewed as an epoch of cultural and spiritual emptiness, Soviet rule in Russia and Eastern Europe produced profound Christian works of prose and poetry, offering vital reflections on a resilient faith.
