20TH CENTURY – AN AGE OF CHRISTIAN MARTYRS

A recent study by Rupert Shortt has shown there were more Christian martyrs in the 20th century than during the previous nineteen centuries put together. Jon Sobrino S.J. a famous theologian from Central America sums up “the Church is being persecuted because it defends the life of the poor, denounces the unjust destruction of life and promotes the right practice of justice”.