This Journalist Saint . . . Died For Freedom Of The Catholic Press
By ABEL CAMASCA (Wanderer Editor’s Note: Pope Francis canonized Titus Brandsma on May 15, 2022, and May 15 is the date of this week’s issue of The Wanderer. The prayers of St. Titus, an anti-Nazi journalist, are especially needed now when so many media outlets espouse an anti-life philosophy.) + + (ACI Prensa) — World Press Freedom Day was celebrated May 3 and the courage to get the truth out has sometimes cost the lives of Catholic journalists, among them St. Titus Brandsma, a Carmelite priest whose efforts cost him his life at the hands of the Nazi regime.Brandsma (1881-1942), a native of the Netherlands, was a great devotee of St. Teresa of Jesus who reformed the Carmelite Order, and…Continue Reading