Sister Maria Restituta
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Meet the Only Nun Sentenced to Death by a Nazi Court: Her Crime? "Hanging" Crucifixes*
IT MAKES SENSE TO ME By Larry Peterson *An edited version of this article appeared in Aleteia on April 12, 2016. Just imagine being arrested on Ash Wednesday for the crime of “hanging Crucifixes”. I cannot imagine how I would handle it. Maybe I would have taken the Crucifixes down. Honestly, I do not know. Helena Kafka,…
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On Her Feast Day: Meet Blessed Maria Restituta; Holocaust Victim
IT MAKES SENSE TO MEby Larry Peterson May 1, 1894, was a happy day for Anton and Marie Kafka. Marie had just given birth to her sixth child, a girl, and mom and her daughter were both doing fine. The proud parents named their new baby, Helena. Devout Catholics, Anton and Marie had Helena baptized…
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Evil Infects All of History: James Foley was Murdered because He Represented Goodness
IT MAKES SENSE TO MEby Larry Peterson The brutal murder of journalist, James Foley, had nothing to do with James Foley. It had to do with the fact that the man represented Goodness. Satan, in complete charge of his conquered souls, has had them inflicting horror and terror and barbaric acts of murder and cruelty…
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Meet Blessed Maria Restituta; Holocaust Victim: Executed for Hanging A Crucifix in a Hospital Room
by Larry Peterson May 1, 1894, was a happy day for Anton and Marie Kafka. Marie had just given birth to her sixth child, a girl, and mom and her daughter were both doing fine. The proud parents named their new baby, Helena. Devout Catholics, Anton and Marie had Helena baptized into the faith thirteen…
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