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The Hope of the Holy Innocents

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The feast of the Holy Innocents, which we celebrate appropriately enough within the octave of Christmas, might seem a troubling commemoration at first glance.  Remembering the wholesale slaughter of all the male children two years and under, in and around Bethlehem? Why would God permit such a sacrifice? Yet this feast signifies certain theological principles of which the Church does good to remind us. The story is recounted by Saint Matthew at …
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With prayers, songs and a deep sense of faith, the Catholic parishioner of Antiguo Cuscatlán began yesterday the preparation for the traditional celebration of the Holy Innocent Children, one of the most deeply rooted religious and cultural expressions in the district, which is commemorated every 28 December in memory of the biblical passage that evokes the [...] The post In Antiguo Cuscatlán celebrate tradition of the Holy Innocent Children app…

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Every December 28th, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Holy Innocents, those children killed by King Herod’s orders: “When Herod realized that the magicians had deceived him, he became furious and commanded to kill, in Bethlehem and its surroundings, all children under two years of age,... The Catholic entrance recalls the Innocent Saints, the children killed because of Christ, the Messiah was first published in Information Focus.

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On December 28, the Catholic Saint commemorates the Holy Innocents, a group of children from Bethlehem whose death is recounted in the Gospel of Matthew. The Church reminds them of the first martyrs of Christianity, victims of the violence unleashed by Herod following the birth of Jesus. The Innocent Saints: martyrdom and memory in Christian history According to the Gospel, King Herod ordered the slaughter of children under two years of age in B…

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