{"id":5513,"date":"2024-06-24T00:02:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T00:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/pope-francis-advances-martyred-albanian-priests-along-path-to-sainthood\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T00:02:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T00:02:48","slug":"pope-francis-advances-martyred-albanian-priests-along-path-to-sainthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/pope-francis-advances-martyred-albanian-priests-along-path-to-sainthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Le pape Fran\u00e7ois fait avancer la cause de canonisation de pr\u00eatres albanais martyrs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/258056\/vatican-announces-martyrdom-of-priests-killed-during-albania-sainthood\">Source <\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%;margin-bottom: 25px\">\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/screenshot-2024-06-21-at-09.29.34.png?quality=69&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"display: block;margin: auto;max-width: 100%\" \/><br \/>\n  <span style=\"text-align: right;font-style: italic\">Father Luigi Paliq (left) and Father Gjon Gazulli were declared martyrs by Pope Francis on June 20, 2024. \/ Credit: Screen capture from aciprensa.com of photo courtesy of The Order of Friars Minor, Episcopal Conference of Albania<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis on Thursday advanced the cause for sainthood for two martyred Catholic priests who were killed \u201cin hatred of the faith\u201d in Albania in the first decades of the 20th century.<\/p>\n<p>The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints made the announcement\u00a0of the priests\u2019 martyrdom and subsequent beatification <a href=\"https:\/\/www.causesanti.va\/it\/notizie\/notizie-2024\/promulgazione-decreti-20-giugno-2024.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"editor-rtfLink\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">in a press release on Thursday<\/a>. When the pope declares that a person was martyred for the faith, that individual is beatified, and the title \u201cBlessed\u201d is granted. <\/p>\n<p>Father Luigj Paliq was murdered in Albania in 1913, and Father Gjon Gazulli was killed in 1927. In 2016, Pope Francis beatified 38\u00a0Albanian clerics\u00a0and lay Catholics who were martyred under the country\u2019s communist regime between 1945 and 1974.<\/p>\n<p>Paliq, a priest of the Order of Friars Minor in Cortemaggiore, was the rector of the Franciscan Convent of Gjakova. He defended local populations, including Muslims, from the persecutions of the Montenegrin forces that took control of the region after the First Balkan War.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He was imprisoned, tortured, and executed by the Montenegrins on March 7, 1913. Before his death, he \u201cconfirmed his full willingness to die for Christ and\u00a0for\u00a0the Church,\u201d with his last words to that effect \u201cheard and reported by those who had witnessed his shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gazulli was born in Dajc, Albania, in 1893. He entered the Pontifical Seminary of Skorka at age 12, being ordained a priest in 1919 after overcoming several health problems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He established a parochial school in the Koman region of Albania; eventually, he drew the ire of local authorities due to the religious influence he held over priests and other locals.<\/p>\n<p>Arrested by the government, he was \u201csubjected to a farce trial\u201d and convicted on false charges. He was hanged in the square in Skorko on March 5, 1927.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The priest died \u201cby forgiving his killers and professing his loyalty to Christ and the Church,\u201d the dicastery said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The dicastery on Thursday also put several other faithful on the path to being declared saints, including recognizing the heroic virtues of Servant of God Isaiah Columbro, an Italian priest who during his life was \u201cmuch sought after for his prayers and blessings.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Columbro was \u201cabove all esteemed and well-liked for the indefatigable exercise of the sacrament of penance.\u201d He died in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican also recognized the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Vicenta Guilarte Alonso, a member of the Spanish Daughters of Jesus who joined the order in 1909 and subsequently traveled to the Brazilian town of Pirenopolis to found a community there.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She was later transferred to the municipality of Leopoldina, where she was made doorman and sacristan. Though she had earlier been deputy superior, she \u201chumbly accepted this situation, which astonished many sisters, without protesting and expressing regret,\u201d the dicastery said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She served in that role until\u00a0her death\u00a0in 1960.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Source Father Luigi Paliq (left) and Father Gjon Gazulli were declared martyrs by Pope Francis on June 20, 2024. \/ Credit: Screen capture from aciprensa.com of photo courtesy of The Order of Friars Minor, Episcopal Conference of Albania Pope Francis on Thursday advanced the cause for sainthood for two martyred Catholic priests who were [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-5513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1719187370_screenshot-2024-06-21-at-09.29.34.png?fit=2400%2C1350&quality=69&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22702,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/pope-francis-declares-french-martyrs-of-compiegne-saints-via-equipollent-canonization\/","url_meta":{"origin":5513,"position":0},"title":"Pope Francis declares French Martyrs of Compi\u00c3\u00a8gne saints via equipollent canonization","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"d\u00e9cembre 21, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Blessed Martyrs of Compi\u00c3\u00a8gne were guillotined for their faith on July 17, 1794. \/ Photo illustration. 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