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Political prisoners, imprisoned people, prisoners of war, and captives, women in labour, as well as horses Leonard of Noblac (also Leonard of Limoges or Leonard of Noblet ; also known as Lienard , Linhart , Lenart , Leonhard , Léonard , Leonardo , Annard ; died 559) is a Frankish saint closely associated with the town and abbey of Saint ...
Ecclesiastical prisons were penal institutions maintained by the Catholic Church. At various times, they were used for the incarceration both of clergy accused of various crimes, and of laity accused of specifically ecclesiastical crimes; prisoners were sometimes held in custody while awaiting trial, sometimes as part of an imposed sentence.
On 8 February 2023, the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union called on the government to release Álvarez. [13] Álvarez was not among the 222 political prisoners the Nicaraguan government released to US custody on 9 February; Ortega said Álvarez had refused to board the flight to the United States.
(Reuters) - Nicaraguan Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez was released from prison late on Monday, a diplomatic source said, marking a possible turning point in the government's prolonged crackdown ...
St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, patron saint of journalists, prisoners, and drug addicts, was a Polish priest who was murdered in Auschwitz after volunteering to die in the place of another.
The Catholic Church venerates him as the patron saint of amateur radio operators, drug addicts, political prisoners, families, journalists, and prisoners. [3] John Paul II declared him "the patron of our difficult century". [4] [5] His feast day is 14 August, the day of his martyrdom.
Pius XII - on 9 April 1948 - declared him to be the patron saint of all Italian prisons and prisoners. In his apostolic exhortation Menti Nostrae - on 23 September 1950 - the pontiff further offered him as an example to all priests involved as confessors and spiritual directors.
A story told of him is that while a novice, Walter took pity on an inmate at the monastery prison, and helped the prisoner to escape. [2] Philip I appointed him abbot of a new foundation at Pontoise, despite Walter's protestations. The foundation of Pontoise was initially dedicated to Saint Germanus of Paris but then was dedicated to Saint ...