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English Martyrs

England has hundreds of forgotten martyrs. Let’s bring back our devotion to them

February 02, 2018

The sheer numbers of martyrs mean there is scope for fostering some very local devotions

Why are so many Catholics embarrassed by the English martyrs?

October 31, 2017

Airbrushing and sanitising history will not help in our dialogue with other Christians

The poem that sums up the selflessness of the English martyrs

January 06, 2017

Blessed Thomas Belson was only 23 when he wrote of his imprisonment. Three years later, he was dead

Saints of the week: The 40 Martyrs of England and Wales

April 30, 2015

Among the martyrs are St Richard Reynolds, one of four people hanged on May 4 1535

Archbishop Longley recalls martyrs

September 14, 2011

Archbishop of Birmingham celebrates Mass at the Shrine of the English Martyrs at Harvington Hall, Worcestershire

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