Vatican Recalls Fallen Christian Martyrs

Here is an interesting article regarding the persecution and martyrdom that has taken place this year.

As 2008 comes to an end, the Vatican has released a list of the names of pastoral workers, priests and prelates, religious men and women killed during the past 12 months. As far as we know, the following persons have died this year: Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of Mosul for Chaldeans (Iraq), 16 priests, 1 religious, and 2 lay volunteers.