Beheaded Syriac bishop beatified a century after death

[rss]

https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/r8ku4IARfQpnrF_OVcgk3g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-AE_XE/News/AFPMideastEN/b4213bbd054e79e4e0d426f45c3149420c8cc309.jpg (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/beheaded-syriac-bishop-beatified-century-death-141516299.html)Pope Francis on Sunday praised a Syriac Catholic bishop who has been beatified in Leba**n, a century after he his beheading by Ottoman forces during a wave of religiously motivated killings in Syria. Flavien Michel Melki, murdered for refusing to re**unce Christianity, was officially recognised by Pope Francis as a "martyr" of the Catholic church earlier this month. "In the context of a terrible persecution of Christians, he was a tireless defender of the rights of his people, urging all to remain firm in their faith," the pope said Sunday at St. Peter's square.




أكثر... (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/beheaded-syriac-bishop-beatified-century-death-141516299.html)