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Church in France
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Who are France’s new WWII martyrs?

The St. Paul Missionaries worked as underground chaplains to French laborers in German factories.

Luke Coppen
Sep 09, 2025
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A year after it was reopened following the devastating fire in 2019, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris will host the beatification of 50 young Catholics killed by the Nazi regime.

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, photographed on Dec. 20, 2024. Ibex73/wikimedia CC BY 4.0.

Luxembourg’s Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich will preside at the Dec. 13 beatificati…

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