As the World Burns
By Robert Royal
Today is the Feast of the North American Martyrs, a group of French Jesuits and religious – Jean de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, Jean de Lalande, Antoine Daniel, Gabriel Lalemant, Charles Garnier, Noêl Chabanel, and Br. René Goupil. It's worth recalling each of them by name as a reminder that they were individuals like us (though holier and more heroic), not merely some distant historical band. They were brave and dedicated men who suffered the most unspeakable horrors – fire, torture, mutilation – on the way to death as they tried to carry out the Lord's command to preach the…
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