Catholic priests martyred under Ottoman Empire beatified in Lebanon

Catholic priests martyred under Ottoman Empire beatified in Lebanon

CNA—Two Catholic priests martyred under the Ottoman Empire were beatified in Lebanon over the weekend. I am not afraid of death! Father Leonard Melki and Father Thomas Saleh were Capuchin friars and missionaries in what is now Turkey who were arrested, tortured, and martyred by the forces of the Ottoman Empire in 1915 and 1917…