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Cardinal Marcello Semeraro beatifies 3 priests in Bologna

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Cardinal Marcello Semeraro presided over the beatification of three priests on Sept. 27 at the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna, Italy. The ceremony honored Martino Capelli, a Dehonian missionary, Elia Comini, a Salesian, and Ubaldo Marchioni, a diocesan priest.

The three men were killed by Nazi forces during the 1944 Monte Sole massacres in northern Italy. During the Mass, which was attended by approximately 2,500 people, Semeraro, the prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, described the priests as examples of a Church that does not flee. He stated that they could have saved themselves but chose to remain with their communities, an act he characterized as an expression of pastoral love and faithfulness.

Semeraro added that their lives were not broken by evil but were brought to fulfillment through love, noting that their blood proclaims Christ rather than seeking vengeance. Father Nino Etulle, superior of the Dehonian Philippine Region, said Capelli’s life serves as a model for missionaries to remain present with communities facing violence and suffering.

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Earlier version, Wednesday 30 September

Cardinal Marcello Semeraro beatifies 3 priests killed by Nazis at Bologna

Earlier version, Tuesday 29 September

Cardinal Marcello Semeraro beatifies 3 priests at Bologna

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Cardinal Semeraro beatifies 3 priests in Bologna

Earlier version, Monday 28 September

Cardinal Semeraro presides over beatification of 3 priests in Bologna

Earlier version, Monday 28 September

Semeraro presides beatification of Marchioni, Comini and Capelli

Earlier version, Monday 28 September

Cardinal Semeraro presides over beatification of three priests

Earlier version, Monday 28 September

Cardinal Semeraro presides over beatification of three priests in Bologna

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  1. Sep 26, 12:23 AM SettimanaNews Italiano Bologna: tre preti martiri a Monte Sole
  2. Sep 27, 9:42 AM Vatican News Українська Блаженні мученики з Монте-Соле: приклад відданості та вірності покликанню
  3. Sep 28, 3:10 AM TK KBS Slovenčina V Bologni blahorečili troch kňazov zavraždených pri masakre na Monte Sole
  4. Sep 27, 8:50 AM Vatican News Italiano Semeraro: beati i preti Marchioni, Comini, Capelli, “una Chiesa che non fugge"
  5. Sep 27, 9:41 AM Vatican News Português Semeraro: beatos padres Marchioni, Comini e Capelli, “uma Igreja que não foge”
  6. Sep 27, 10:01 AM Vatican News Polski Bolonia: beatyfikacja trzech kapłanów zamordowanych przez SS
  7. Sep 27, 10:26 AM Vatican News Español Semeraro: Beatos tres sacerdotes italíanos: "Una Iglesia que no huye"
  8. Sep 27, 4:52 PM ACI Prensa Español Beatifican a 3 sacerdotes mártires de Monte Sole, asesinados por los nazis en 1944
  9. Sep 28, 3:55 AM Alfa y Omega Español Los tres mártires de las SS, «una Iglesia que no huye»
  10. Sep 28, 8:13 AM Crux Three Italian priests killed by Nazis beatified in Bologna
  11. Sep 29, 3:25 AM Vatican News Tiếng Việt Ba linh mục người Ý bị Đức Quốc xã sát hại được tuyên chân phước tại Bologna
  12. Sep 29, 1:00 PM CathNews Australia Three heroic wartime Italian priests beatified
  13. Sep 30, 1:49 AM CBCP News Beatified Dehonian martyr calls missionaries to stay with suffering communities

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