Catholic martyrs who forgave their own killers

Pious architect of the largest unfinished Catholic church • Venerable Antoni Gaudi

The brilliant nun killed by an anarchist gardener • Blessed Marie Deluil-Martiny

The dying toddler who inspired Pope Pius X • Ellen Organ

The tragic martyrdom of an American bishop in China • Servant of God Francis X. Ford

Future Catholic saints who had their hearts broken

The Catholic lawyer who gave his life for a prison hostage • Venerable Franz de Castro Holzwarth

St. Therese of Lisieux's "lame duck" sister? • Servant of God Leonie Martin

The Czech priests tortured and murdered by communists • Jan Bula & Vaclav Drbola

The doctor who was secretly a priest • Venerable Martin Benedict

Inspirational converts who led holy Catholic lives

Four nuns murdered in a nursing home by ISIS • The Martyred Missionaries of Charity Nuns

He walked 87,000 miles to spread the rosary • Venerable Joao Pozzobon

The Peruvian nun who died trying to save villagers • Blessed Maria Agustina "Aguchita" Rivas Lopez

The brave Swiss priest murdered in Tibet • Blessed Maurice Tornay

Catholics who gave up their lives for others

The smiling seminarian who died too young • Venerable Nicola D'Onofrio

The bishop killed by pirates while protecting his parishioners • Saint Luigi Versiglia

The Japanese convert descended from samurai • Venerable Satoko Kitahara

The Catholic teacher murdered for his stance on witchcraft • Blessed Benedict Daswa

The "little clown" for Jesus • Blessed Cecilia Eusepi

Pope Leo's former schoolmate became a Catholic martyr • Servant of God Ezechiele Ramin

The seven nuns martyred together in China • The Seven Martyrs of Taiyuan-Fu

The kind teacher who loved helping others • Saint Mutien Marie Wiaux

The paralyzed Catholic who helped children at Christmas • Mary Virginia Merrick

The Russian convert who comforted prisoners in the Gulag • Blessed Leonid Feodorov

Her death inspired her parents to help the poor • Venerable Odette Vidal Cardoso

Arrested by the Nazis for being "too Catholic" • Blessed Marcel Callo

He became a monk after saving 14,000 lives on Christmas • Leonard LaRue (Brother Marinus)

The introverted "Little Flower" of Canada • Blessed Dina Belanger

The martyred priest who refused to close his church • Servant of God Ragheed Ganni

The Congolese nun who died defending her chastity • Blessed Anuarite Nengapeta

The heroic American priest with ALS • Venerable Aloysius Schwartz

The Catholic teacher killed by Nazis • Blessed Natalia Tulasiewicz

The heroic “bishop beyond compare" • Saint Giovanni Battista Scalabrini

The Catholic man killed for refusing bribes • Blessed Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi

Four American Catholic women murdered in El Salvador • 1980 murders of U.S. missionaries

His sister Gianna is a saint and he might become one too! • Venerable Alberto Beretta

The actress who repented and became a Catholic missionary • Eve Lavalliere

The Catholic father who gave his life to save his son • Tom Vander Woude

The nun who made Charles Dickens cry? • Saint Jeanne Jugan

The martyred priest called the “Angel of Dachau” • Blessed Engelmar Unzeitig

The little girl who always wore a rosary • Servant of God Nina Ruiz Abad

The Nigerian priest who stood up for women's rights • Blessed Cyprian Michael Tansi

The bishop who endured 600 hours of interrogations • Blessed Nicholas Charnetsky

The frail Catholic who became an expert missionary • Venerable Edel Quinn

The brave archbishop murdered in Alaska • Archbishop Charles John Seghers

Her miracle saved men trapped on a submarine • Blessed Marija Petkovic

The American priest who was born into slavery • Venerable Augustus Tolton

Red Cross nurses killed for their Catholic faith • The Martyred Nurses of Astorga

The American priest brutally martyred in Honduras • Father Casimir Cypher

The nun who stood against racial discrimination • Saint Laura Montoya

The bishop who starved to death in communist prison • Blessed Ioan Suciu

The nun murdered by students in a "satanic sacrifice" • Blessed Maria Laura Mainetti

The "cowboy priest" of Argentina • Saint Jose Brochero

The priest murdered while protecting hostages • Servant of God Rhoel Gallardo

The hero of Catholic education in Ireland • Venerable Nano Nagle

He was killed for defending the sanctity of marriage • Saint Peter To Rot

The Minnesota nun who could be a saint • Servant of God Annella Zervas

The bishop murdered for rejecting Islam • Saint Ignatius Maloyan