Pope advances sainthood cause of Italian priest shot for saving Jews

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis formally recognized the martyrdom of an Italian priest shot by Nazi soldiers after they discovered he was helping his parishioners hide about 100 Jews.

The martyrdom of Father Giuseppe Beotti, who was arrested and shot July 20, 1944, in Sidolo in northern Italy, was one of nine decrees in sainthood causes Pope Francis signed May 20.

The help Father Beotti 'offered to many Jewish people persecuted by the Nazi-Fascists played a decisive role' in his death, acco

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