Headlines for March 16, 2023
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Fri6 February
Ordinary Time
Memorial of St. Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs
Today is the Memorial of St. Paul Miki, a Japanese Jesuit, and his twenty-five companions (d. 1597), who were martyred in Nagasaki, Japan. They were the first martyrs of East Asia to be canonized. They were killed simultaneously by being raised on crosses and then stabbed with spears. Their executioners…
