Maximilian Kolbe

Aug 14, 2013 09:03

Today is the feast day of Maximilian Kolbe, a Franciscan friar who died at Auschwitz. The passage in today's Universalis page is particularly striking:

Maximilian Kolbe’s martyrdom is the least important thing about him. We are none of us likely to find ourselves in a position to emulate his sacrifice, and speculation as to the heroic way in ( Read more... )

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aefenglommung August 14 2013, 21:00:11 UTC
A truly great man.

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