00:00On Saturday, the Catholic Church beatified nearly 200 martyrs in major ceremonies in
00:04Spain and France.
00:06In the cathedrals of Caen, 124 victims of Spanish Civil War anti-Catholic persecution
00:11were honored as martyrs of the faith.
00:14They included priests and laypeople who choose to stay with their communities despite death
00:18threats.
00:19At Notre Dame in Paris, 50 French Catholics killed in Nazi concentration camps were also
00:23beatified.
00:25Many were young workers providing Calendestine spiritual support to forced laborers under
00:30the mission St. Paul.
00:32Church leaders say their example shows that forgiveness, courage and quiet resistance outlasts
00:37the regimes built on hatred.
