“Confession of Faith, Eucharist and Martyrdom; With Special Reference to Early Church Fathers of the East”, by Bishop Dr. Abraham Mar Julios, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, September 27, 2017. May be read online on this page of Homiletic and Pastoral Review.
“Truth and Martyrdom: The Structure of Discipleship in Veritatis Splendor”, by Prof. John R. Berkman Ph.D., Sacred Heart University Review, Vol. 14, Iss. 1, Article 8 (1994). Available in pdf format on this page of the Sacred Heart University Review.
“Christian Martyrdom Never Expires: Some Theological and Ethical Aspects of Obedience usque ad sanguinem”, by Prof. Fr. Nowosad Sławomir, Seminare. Poszukiwania naukowe, Vol. 39, No. 4 (2018): pp. 21-30. Available in pdf format at the Central European Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Miniature Lives of the Saints for Every Day in the Year, 21st edition, edited by Henry Sebastian Bowden of the Oratory (London, Burns & Oates; New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers). In 2 Volumes.
Volume II (July-December) of the 2nd edition (London, Burns and Oates, 1877) may be read online, and is available in pdf, epub, mobi and other formats, at Internet Archive.
The Japanese Martyrs; or, a Brief Sketch of the Lives and Martyrdom of the Franciscan Saints, Who were Canonized at St. Peter’s, in Rome, by Pope Pius IX, on Whit-Sunday, June 8th, 1862, by the Rev. Father Emmanuel Kenners, O.S.F. (Manchester: Alex. Ireland & Co., 1862). May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi/kindle and other formats, at Internet Archive.
The Year of St. Paul, by Pope Benedict XVI. General Audiences from July 2, 2008 through February 4, 2009. Indexed on this page of Catechesis of the Popes, which states: “The series was started in honor of the Year of St. Paul (June 28, 2008-June 29, 2009) which was declared to celebrate St. Paul’s 2000th birthday.”
“On Relics”, by the Very Reverend Canon Rock, D.D. (1851). May be read online at Internet Archive. The text forms Chapter VI of the larger work: Hierurgia; or Transubstantiation, Invocation of Saints, Relics, and Purgatory, Besides Those Other Articles of Doctrine Set Forth in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Expounded, and the Use of Holy Water, Incense, and Images, the Ceremonies, Vestments, and Ritual Employed in its Celebration among the Latins, Greeks & Orientals; Illustrated from Paintings, Sculptures, and Inscriptions Found in the Roman Catacombs, or Belonging to the Earliest Ages of Faith, 2nd edition, with additions, by the Very Reverend Canon Rock, D.D. (London: C. Dolman, 1851), which is available in pdf, epub, mobi and other formats at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a 2nd copy at Internet Archive and Open Library.
Pictorial Lives of the Saints, with Reflections for Every Day of the Year, compiled from “Butler’s Lives” and Other Approved Sources; to which are Added Lives of the American Saints Recently Placed on the Calendar for the United States by Special Petition of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, and also the Lives of the New Saints Canonized in 1881 by His Holiness Pope Leo XIII, edited by John Gilmary Shea (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1889). With Imprimatur and with the Approbation of Pope Leo XIII and other bishops. May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive; and also available at HathiTrust Digital Library.
See also these related texts earlier posted in the Project:
“Catholic Faith and Martyrdom”, lecture by the Most Rev. Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan. The audio of the lecture, together with the question-and-answer session that followed, is available at Soundcloud, posted by Radio Maria; and the text of the lecture be read online at Echt Katholiek.
The Victories of the Martyrs: The Lives of the Most Celebrated Martyrs of the Church, by Saint Alphonsus De Liguori (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers; London: R. Washbourne; Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son, 1886). (The Complete Works of Saint Alphonsus De Liguori: The Ascetical Works, Volume IX, translated from the Italian, edited by Rev. Eugene Grimm). With the approbation of the Superior. Available in PDF format on this page of Catholic Kingdom’s ebooks library; and also in PDF format on this page of Saints’ Books. [N.B.—The 26-page Introduction contains “Useful Reflections, By Which We May Derive Great Fruit From The Reading Of The Combats And The Victories Of The Martyrs”.]
“In those days, men will give you up to persecution, and will put you to death; all the world will be hating you because you bear my name; whereupon many will lose heart, will betray and hate one another. Many false prophets will arise, and many will be deceived by them; and the charity of most men will grow cold, as they see wickedness abound everywhere; but that man will be saved who endures to the last.” (St. Matthew xxiv, 3-4, 9-13. Formatting supplied.)
O Roma Nobilis, orbis et domina… Stained red with the red blood of martyrs,
Decorated with the white lilies of virgins… Te benedicimus: salve per saecula…
See this legally free ebook:
Roma: Ancient, Subterranean, and Modern Rome, in Word and Picture, by Rev. Albert Kuhn, O.S.B, D.D. [1839-1929], with a Preface by [James] Cardinal Gibbons, with 74 Illustrations in the Text, 48 Full-Page Inserts, and 3 Plans of Rome (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1916). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats, at Internet Archive and Open Library; and also available at HathiTrust, with a 2nd copy at HathiTrust.
Crimes of the Communist Regimes: Proceedings of an International Conference Held in Prague, 24-26 February 2010, by Jiří Liška et al., edited by David Svoboda and Cóílín O’Connor, translated by Cóílín O’Connor, Ian Willoughby, Neela Winkelmann-Heyrovská, and Markéta Hofmannová (Prague: Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, 2011).
The audio recordings of the proceedings (in the original languages) are available in mp3 through this page of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, which also contains the text of the Declaration on Crimes of Communism issued by the participants at the Conference.
See also these related texts:
Albanian Catholic Bulletin (Buletini Katholik Shqiptar), Vol. 6 (Santa Clara, California: Albanian Catholic Information Center, 1985). In 108 pages. Available at the Gleeson Library Digital Collections. [N.B., This issue commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Communist persecution of Catholic Albanians.]
Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania, No. 10: Struggle for Survival (Maspeth, Long Island, New York: The Lithuanian Roman Catholic Priests’ League). With a letter to the Lithuanian people from Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty dated “75 02 22” or 22 February 1975, which only appears on the pdf copy. May be read online on this page and available in pdf format on this page at Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania. [N.B., The title of the Chronicle in Lithuanian appears to be Lietuvos Katalikų Bažnyčios Kronika. In English it contains the subtitle: Translation of Authentic First-Hand Reports from Soviet-Occupied Lithuania.]
“Communist Interrogation and Indoctrination of ‘Enemies of the State’: Analysis of Methods Used by the Communist State Police (A Special Report)”, by Lawrence E. Hinkle Jr., M.D. and Harold G. Wolff, M.D. Reprinted from the AMA [American Medical Association ] Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, vol. 76, no. 2 (1956), pp.: 115-174. Available in pdf format (on this page) at the Central Intelligence Agency Library (“Approved For Release 2000/09/06”) [N.B., This is evidently not a Catholic Christian source, but it contains information on methods used against Catholics like Cardinal Mindszenty, and notes that Catholics were particularly targeted by Communist regimes.]
Crimes against Humanity under Communist Regimes: Research Review, by Klas-Göran Karlsson and Michael Schoenhals (Stockholm: Forum for Living History, 2008). Available in pdf format at the Forum for Living History (Forum för levande historia).
Crimes Committed by Totalitarian Regimes: Crimes and Other Gross and Large Scale Human Rights Violations Committed during the Reign of Totalitarian Regimes in Europe: Cross-National Survey of Crimes Committed and of Their Remembrance, Recognition, Redress, and Reconciliation: Reports and Proceedings of the 8 April European Public Hearing on “Crimes Committed by Totalitarian Regimes”, Organised by the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (January–June 2008) and the European Commission, edited by Peter Jambrek (Ljubljana: Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, 2008). The “draft before final editing” is available in pdf format at the Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Justice, at Academia.edu, and at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
“The Crimes of the Communist Regime in Hungary: National Report”, compiled by János M. Rainer. Available in pdf format (through this page) at the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes. Part of the larger work Crimes of the Communist Regimes: Proceedings of an International Conference Held in Prague, 24-26 February 2010.
Encyclical Letter “Iniquis Afflictisque” on the Persecution of the Church in Mexico, by Pope Pius XI (18 November 1926). Available at the Holy See.
“Reflections on Communism Twenty Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall”, by Paul Hollander (Development Policy Analysis No. 11, November 2, 2009) (Washingto, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2009). Available in pdf format (on this page) at the Cato Institute.
“[M]illions… were killed in anonymity by Communism’s brutal hand. They include innocent Ukrainians starved to death in Stalin’s Great Famine; or Russians killed in Stalin’s purges; Lithuanians and Latvians and Estonians loaded onto cattle cars and deported to Arctic death camps of Soviet Communism. They include Chinese killed in the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution; Cambodians slain in Pol Pot’s Killing Fields; East Germans shot attempting to scale the Berlin Wall in order to make it to freedom; Poles massacred in the Katyn Forest; and Ethiopians slaughtered in the “Red Terror”; Miskito Indians murdered by Nicaragua’s Sandinista dictatorship; and Cuban balseros who drowned escaping tyranny. We’ll never know the names of all who perished, but… we have an obligation to those who died, to acknowledge their lives and honor their memory…
“[W]e recall the great lessons of the Cold War: that freedom is precious and cannot be taken for granted; that evil is real and must be confronted; and that given the chance, men commanded by harsh and hateful ideologies will commit unspeakable crimes and take the lives of millions.”
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