Polish nuns beatified for heroic witness amid wartime horror

Polish nuns beatified for heroic witness amid wartime horror

WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) — Their names may have faded from history books, but on May 31, the Church officially remembered them forever. In a solemn ceremony in Braniewo, northeastern Poland, 15 nuns from the Congregation of St. Catherine Virgin and Martyr, were beatified — recognized as martyrs who gave their lives during the final, brutal months of World War II. The sisters were killed in 1945 as Soviet troops advanced into the region. Rather …

Polish nuns beatified for heroic witness amid wartime horror - Catholic Review

WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) — Their names may have faded from history books, but on May 31, the Church officially remembered them forever. In a solemn ceremony in Braniewo, northeastern Poland, 15 nuns from the Congregation of St. Catherine Virgin and Martyr, were beatified — recognized as martyrs who gave their lives during the final, brutal months of World War II. The sisters were killed in 1945 as Soviet troops advanced into the region. Rather …