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Title:
The Catholic martyrs of the twentieth century : a comprehensive world history
Author:
Royal, Robert, 1949-
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Crossroad Pub., [2000]

©2000
Physical Description:
x, 430 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
General Note:
"A Crossroad Book."
Language:
English
Contents:
Miguel Pro and the Mexican tragedy -- In Soviet Russia and its territories -- The terror in Ukraine -- French prodigal son: Charles de Foucauld -- Spanish holocaust -- The Nazi juggernaut -- Martyr for truth: the life and death of Edith Stein -- Saint Maximilian Kolbe and some Polish victims of Nazism -- A brief introduction to the martyrs of Eastern and Central Europe -- The first atheist state: Albania -- A steady light in Lithuania -- The Calvary of Romania -- Murder in the cathedral: Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero of El Salvador and some Latin American martyrs -- General introduction to the Asian martyrs -- Chinese carnage -- Korea's death march -- The spirit in Vietnam -- Out of Africa -- Conclusion: memory, communion, hope.
ISBN:
9780824518462
Format :
Book