US Bishops vote to advance cause of Shreveport Martyrs vaticannews.va
US Bishops voted on Friday to advance the cause for canonization of five French-born priests who gave their lives to serve others during a yellow fever epidemic in Louisiana in the late nineteenth century.
The priests are known collectively as the “Shreveport Martyrs,” having given their lives in defence of charity. When a yellow fever epidemic broke out in Shreveport in 1873, the priests chose to remain in the community and minister to the sick and dying, despite the dire conditions. Each, in turn, contracted yellow fever themselves and ultimately succumbed to the disease. In a voice vote at their Spring Plenary Assembly, the US Bishops affirmed their support for the cause of the Shreveport Martyrs, which now continues on the diocesan level.
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