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Pope Authorizes Beatification of Lebanese 'Founding Father', 80 Spanish Martyrs

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Six decrees approved by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints authorise the beatification of Patriarch Elias Hoyek and 80 martyrs of the Spanish ...

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These are priests, religious, seminarians and lay faithful executed in Santander for hatred of the faith between 1936 and 1937.

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Pope Leo XIV signed this Friday the decree of beatification of 80 "martyrs of the 20th century"...

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«Some were thrown into the sea with their hands and feet tied and a stone tied to the body» during the Civil War, recalls the Vatican

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Leon XIV approves the beatification of 80 religious killed in Santander in Civil War

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Pope Leo XIV approved on Friday the decree of martyrdom of Francisco González de Córdova and 79 other comrades killed during the Spanish Civil War, in a new recognition by the Catholic Church of the victims of the religious persecution of the 1930s. The decision was ratified following the hearing given to the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, as reported by the Vatican. The Holy See stressed that the …

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infovaticana.com broke the news on Friday, May 22, 2026.
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