These 16 nuns were guillotined in the French Revolution. Now the Pope has declared them saints
A group of 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution were canonised by Pope ...
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The French Revolution
The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be ...
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The Haitian Revolution
The French Revolution of 1789 not only propelled all ... Toussaint L'Ouverture, the leader of the Saint Domingue rebellion, abandoned his Spanish allies, joined the forces of the French Republic ...
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The Martyrs of Compiègne of French Revolution are canonized after ‘walking together’
Pope Francis on Wednesday decided to make the Martyrs of Compiègne officially saints. It was a rare decision, in that no one in the Church disagreed with it. In order to understand why the ...
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Emotions high as EU leaders face up to Putin's war
yet by the time of the French Revolution it had turned into a glaring symbol of royal failure. Now EU leaders who are here for a two-day summit hope to project an image of unity in the face of ...
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Ireland and the French Revolution
Ideas like democracy - which means that we are able to choose our own leaders. Freedoms such ... the American Revolution in 1776 and the French Revolution in 1789. The French Revolution would ...