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St. Maximilian Kolbe
Priest, Franciscan Friar, Martyr of Charity
A Franciscan priest and pioneering Catholic media pioneer, Kolbe was arrested by the Nazis for hiding refugees and publishing against the regime — and in Auschwitz, volunteered to die in place of a stranger, a husband and father, condemned to a starvation cell.
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St. Maximilian Kolbe
Priest, Franciscan Friar, Martyr of Charity
A Franciscan priest and pioneering Catholic media pioneer, Kolbe was arrested by the Nazis for hiding refugees and publishing against the regime — and in Auschwitz, volunteered to die in place of a stranger, a husband and father, condemned to a starvation cell.
St. Charles Lwanga and Companions
The Uganda Martyrs — Lay Catechists and Royal Pages, Martyrs
Young pages and catechists in the royal court of Buganda, mostly teenagers and young men, who chose death by fire rather than renounce their newfound Catholic faith or submit to the king's demands — their courage helped plant the Church so firmly in East Africa that Uganda remains one of the continent's most vibrant centers of Catholic life today.