Cardinal Koch: ‘Today there are more martyrs than in the early centuries of the Church’

Cardinal Koch: ‘Today there are more martyrs than in the early centuries of the Church’

Speaking at a pilgrimage organized by Aid to the Church in Need in Switzerland, the prelate highlighted the witness of Christian martyrs across denominations. [...]

Cardinal Koch: ‘Today there are more martyrs than in the early Church’

Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), said that “today, there are more martyrs than in the first centuries of Church history.”“Martyrdom truly belongs to the heart of Christianity,” said the Swiss prelate, who made his remarks in late May during the annual pilgrimage for persecuted Christians organized by the Swiss branch of ACN at the Einsiedeln Benedictine Abbey.Koch, who has led the organi…