Fr. Hamel Declared a Martyr and "Blessed"

[Luigi]

http://americamagazine.org/content/dispatches/pope-francis-declares-assassinated-french-priest-martyr?utm_content=buffer39dfc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[NadaTeTurbe]

I hope to be able to pray on his grave soon. The bishop of Rouen opened his grave for prayer. and Lisieux is not far from it. 

[Luigi]

Here's an interesting article about Sohrab Ahmari, an Iranian born writer - he writes for the Wall Street Journal's European edition. He was raised Muslim but recently converted to Catholicism - he had been on a long and convoluted journey of faith-and-philosophy-and-looking-for-the-truth, and converted to Catholicism but didn't announce it until after Fr. Hamel was murdered. The link here is not Ahmari's own writing, although it does have quotes from him. If anyone can find Ahmari's own article or announcement, I'd be interested in reading that, too. 

http://www.christianpost.com/news/muslim-born-wsj-writer-converts-to-catholicism-announces-new-faith-after-isis-kills-french-priest-170312/

[Jack4]

8 hours ago, Luigi said:

Here's an interesting article about Sohrab Ahmari, an Iranian born writer - he writes for the Wall Street Journal's European edition. He was raised Muslim but recently converted to Catholicism - he had been on a long and convoluted journey of faith-and-philosophy-and-looking-for-the-truth, and converted to Catholicism but didn't announce it until after Fr. Hamel was murdered. The link here is not Ahmari's own writing, although it does have quotes from him. If anyone can find Ahmari's own article or announcement, I'd be interested in reading that, too. 

http://www.christianpost.com/news/muslim-born-wsj-writer-converts-to-catholicism-announces-new-faith-after-isis-kills-french-priest-170312/

Have you seen this? 

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/issues/september-30th-2016/my-journey-from-tehran-to-rome/

[<3 PopeFrancis]

I personally do not condone the teachings of the Iranian religions and state however, generally speaking they have made an impressive advancement in self-sufficiency since the US embargo and we can learn much from them.

[DominicanHeart]