Martyr of charity: Difference between revisions

In the [[Catholic church]], a '''martyr of charity''' is someone who dies as a result of administering [[charity (virtue)|Christian charity]]. While a [[martyr of the faith]] dies through being [[Persecution|persecuted for being a Catholic or Christian]], a martyr of charity dies through practising charity motivated by Christianity. This is a form of [[Christian martyr|martyrdom]] recognised for [[canonization]] bysince recent[[Pope popes,John beginningPaul withII]]'s canonization of [[PopeMaximilian JohnKolbe]] XXIII|Johnin XXIII1982. Earlier martyrs of charity who were canonized were recognized as [[Confessor of the Faith]]. rather than martyrs.