The Douai Martyrs, by Gerard Skinner Christmas Candles The Highlands and Islands of

The Highlands and Islands of Scotland and Northern Ireland

Resin cast statue

Cardinal Burke notes that Latin is the key to an adequate knowledge of Roman Catholic history

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Pelican in its Piety

The Douai Martyrs, by Gerard Skinner Christmas Candles The Highlands and Islands ofThe Douai Martyrs are a group of one hundred and fifty nine men who were martyred for the Catholic Faith in England and Wales between 1577 and 1680. The vast majority of the martyrs were priests who were trained at Douai College in northern France before risking their lives by returning to Britain to minister undercover, trying to avoid capture by the State and a barbaric death. Beatifying many of the Douai Martyrs in 1987, Pope St John Paul II