Meet Poland’s first martyr of Communism - Vatican News
Michael Brown ·
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Pope Leo XIV recalled Blessed Father Władysław Findysz, the first beatified martyr of communist persecution in Poland, during the General Audience. The Pope said the blessed reminds us that a civilization of love is built by forgiving and overcoming evil with good. Falsely accused of forcing people into religious practices, Father Findysz was sentenced to two and a half years in prison, where he suffered abuse and was denied treatment for oesophageal cancer. Released in extreme exhaustion, he died months later, regarded as a man of holiness.