The Victims of Abortion
Including the more than 6,700,000 abortions provided by
Planned Parenthood USA since 1970. (source: NumberofAbortions.com)
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2016
Sadly, I cannot keep up with announcing all the martyrs of the Church. Besides the immigrants from the Middle East escaping persecution in their homeland, I pray for the victims of the Paris and San Bernardino attacks by DAESH (ISIS) and for all victims of DAESH persecution throughout the world.
I continue to pray for the conversion of heart for DAESH supporters.
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February 2015
21 Coptic Christians martyred for their faith by ISIS.
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July 2014
Members of ISIS, and all Muslims persecuting Christians in the Middle East.
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Gary Michael Moran, charged with killing Catholic priest Rev. Kenneth Walker in Phoenix on June 12, 2014
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Meriam Ibrahim
Sudanese woman facing the death penalty for marrying a Christian US citizen.
She was forced to give birth in jail with her legs shackled.
"I refuse to change. I am not giving up Christianity just so that I can live."
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72-year-old Catholic priest Father Francis Van Der Lugt, gunned down in Homs, Syria, April 6, 2014.
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2014
The continued and growing persecution of Christians around the world, especially in Syria, the Middle East, Africa and China.
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All the victims of typhoon Haiyan, especially in the Philippines.
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The parishioners of St. Phillipe, in Windsor PQ, who lost their church in a fire, on May 18, 2013.
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April 2013
- The continued persecution of Christians in Syria.
- The repose of the soul of Catholic missionary Richard E. Joyal, killed during a robbery in Haiti.
- The victims and affected families of the Boston Marathon and the West, Texas explosions.
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Pope Francis
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Pope Benedict XVI, as he retires from the Petrine succession.
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The victims of Newtown, Connecticut, and their families:
20 children, six adults, killed on December 14, 2012.
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The 253 victims of hurricane Sandy October 22 - October 31, 2012.
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Malala Yousafzai On 9 October 2012, Yousafzai was shot in the head and neck in an
assassination attempt by a Taliban gunman while returning home on a
school bus.Malala Yousafzai left the hospital January 4 2013 and will remain in England to continue her recovery and to pursue her education. The Taliban has sworn to assassinate her.
Source of all text and image of Malala Yousafzai: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai
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Martyrs of the Catholic Church, including:
The 7 martyrs of St. Rita's Catholic Church in Kaduna, Nigeria, who died at the hands of a suicide bomber on October 28, 2012. http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/bishops-call-attack-on-nigerian-parish-barbarous/
The 7 martyrs of St. Rita's Catholic Church in Kaduna, Nigeria, who died at the hands of a suicide bomber on October 28, 2012. http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/bishops-call-attack-on-nigerian-parish-barbarous/
The 21 martyrs who died in Alexandria, Egypt, on January 1, 2011 as a result of a sectarian attack. http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=39779
The 58 martyrs who met their death during the bombing attack of the Our Lady of Deliverance Church in Bhagdad, Iraq, on November 1, 2010. http://www.catholicsentinel.org/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=34&ArticleID=13005
