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It' s taken more than six centuries for the Catholic Church to officially recognise the heroism of hundreds of citizens of Otranto, a small town in the south of Italy who were executed by an invading Turkish army when they refused to convert to Islam. But there was no hint of any antiIslamic sentiment in the homily that Pope Francis delivered before tens of thousands of worshippers gathered in St Peters Square. Martyrs, he said, inspire Christians who are still suffering violence in many parts of the world, to respond to evil with good. He refrained from naming any single country, although the Catholic Church is deeply concerned about attacks on Christian communities in the Middle East and in East and West Africa. Later this month an Italian priest who' s murdered by the Sicilian mafia 20 years ago will be beatified, that' s the last step before he too is declared a saint. Pope Francis, following the example of his immediate predecessors, is continuing the process of honouring a new generation of modern as well as historic martyrs. He wants to remind the world that thousands of Christians are still being persecuted for their faith and sometimes being killed in circumstances related to their religion. |
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tiān zhǔ jiào jiào táng huā le 6 gè duō shì jì cái zhèng shì chéng rèn ào tè lán tuō jǐ bǎi gè shì mín de yīng xióng xíng wéi, ào tè lán tuō shì wèi yú yì dà lì nán bù de yí gè xiǎo zhèn, dāng zhèi xiē shì mín jù jué biàn chéng huí jiào tú shí, bèi rù qīn de tǔ ěr qí jūn duì chǔ jué. dàn shì jiào huáng fú lǎng xī sī duì jù jí zài shèng bǐ dé guǎng chǎng shàng chéng qiān shàng wàn de lǐ bài zhě shuō jiào de shí hòu, bìng méi yǒu sī háo de fǎn yī sī lán jiào qíng xù. tā shuō, xùn nàn zhě jī lì zhe nèi xiē zài quán qiú hěn duō dì fāng réng rán bǎo shòu bào lì zhī kǔ de jī dū tú men yǐ dé bào yuàn. tā bìng méi yǒu diǎn míng rèn hé yí gè dān dú de guó jiā, jǐn guǎn tiān zhǔ jiào huì duì zài zhōng dōng jí dōng fēi hé xī fēi dì qū duì jī dū shè tuán men fā shēng de gōng jī shì jiàn biǎo shì le hěn shēn de guān zhù. zài běn yuè de hòu lái, yí gè 20 nián qián bèi xī xī lǐ dǎo hēi shǒu dǎng móu shā de yì dà lì mù shī jiāng huì jìn xíng xuān fú lǐ zài tā bèi xuān chēng wéi shèng rén zhī qián zuì hòu de yí gè bù zhòu. fú lǎng xī sī jiào huáng, àn zhào tā zhí jiē qián qū de yàng zi, jiāng jì xù miǎn huái xīn yī dài xiàn dài yǔ lì shǐ xùn dào zhě de guò chéng. tā xiǎng tí xǐng shì jiè rén mín hái yǒu chéng qiān shàng wàn de jī dū tú yī wèi tā men de xìn yǎng bèi pò hài, yǒu shí hou shèn zhì yīn wèi yǔ tā men zōng jiào yǒu guān de qíng kuàng xià bèi shā hài. |