Anna Kolesarova - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 23 Aug 2018 05:31:01 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Anna Kolesarova - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Slovakian 16 year-old to be beatified https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/08/23/slovakian-beatified-anna-kolesarova/ Thu, 23 Aug 2018 07:53:49 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=110935 A Slovakian girl who died when she was 16 will be beatified as a martyr in Slovakia, seven decades after she was shot in front of her family for resisting rape by a drunken Soviet soldier. "The story of 16-year-old Anna Kolesarova offers a strong message, of course, for the younger generation," Archbishop Bernard Bober Read more

Slovakian 16 year-old to be beatified... Read more]]> A Slovakian girl who died when she was 16 will be beatified as a martyr in Slovakia, seven decades after she was shot in front of her family for resisting rape by a drunken Soviet soldier.

"The story of 16-year-old Anna Kolesarova offers a strong message, of course, for the younger generation," Archbishop Bernard Bober of Kosice, Slovakia, says. Read more

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