Italian judge latest example of Church’s new test for ‘martyrdom’ cruxnow.com

Here are two different standards for establishing what counts as “martyrdom” in the Catholic Church:
Someone is a martyr if the person or persons who killed them were motivated by religious prejudice or hatred. Think Roman emperors executing early Christians for refusing to sacrifice to pagan gods.
Someone is a martyr if they risked their life based on religious conviction, regardless of the motives of their killers. Think Archbishop Oscar Romero being assassinated in 1980 for denouncing human rights abuses and defending the poor in El Salvador…

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