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June 26, 2017

Lithuanian archbishop, murdered by Soviet police, beatified in Vilnius

Prelates concelebrate the beatification Mass of Lithuanian Archbishop Teofilius Matulionis outside Vilnius Cathedral June 25. Archbishop Matulionis, who was murdered in 1962 with a lethal injection after 16 years in prisons and labor camps, became the first Catholic martyr from the country's communist era to be declared blessed.

VILNIUS, Lithuania – A Catholic archbishop who was murdered by Soviet police to prevent him attending the Second Vatican Council became the first communist-era martyr beatified in Lithuania.

Published in International