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We rejoice! The Church has granted official recognition to Franz J?gerst?tter, a Catholic conscientious objector from Hitler's army, as a martyr for the faith, thus clearing the way for his beatification and eventual canonization. On June 1, Pope Benedict XVI approved a series of decrees, issued by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, that attributed martyrdom to Jagerstatter, a husband and father of three who was beheaded on August 9, 1943, for refusing any collaboration with the Nazis.

Click on the images below to read more about Jagerstatter or about Gordon Zahn, the man who made Jagerstatter's story known to the wider Church.

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