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Father Francis Vernon Douglas
It is good news that the Vatican’s Congregation For the Causes of Saints is wishing to investigate the cause for beatification of Francis Vernon Douglas, a New Zealand Columban priest who was murdered by the Japanese Military during World War II. Many New Zealanders have long thought that his heroic death was a martyrdom that […]