Father Willie Doyle, S.J. / nullMullingar, Ireland, Mar 14, 2022 / 18:00 pm (CNA).Father Willie Doyle, S.J. was an Irish priest whose heroic sacrifices as a military chaplain during World War I were much admired in the last century. Now a lay group has launched with the goal of reviving his canonization cause and to spread awareness about the priest."Willie Doyle is a very compelling figure," Patrick Kenny, president of the Ireland-based Father Willie Doyle Association, said March 11. "His attractive personality, asnd his love for God and for others, shines through all of his writings, especially the diaries and letters he wrote during the war.""He is also a tremendously relevant figure for the Church today, especially in Ireland," Kenny said. "By offering his life to save wounded Anglican soldiers he became an ecumenical martyr of charity and is an icon of reconciliation and unity in the midst of religious and political division. He explicitly offere
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It is that kind of force of love which we are also invited to imitate. We must root sin out of our lives to make room for Jesus Christ. He must increase and we must decrease. John the Baptizer was a .