The life of the 19-year-old blessed martyr VnExpress Catechist Anre Phu Yen fell at the execution ground, becoming the first martyr of the Catholic Church in Vietnam, and was beatified 356 years later.
Vatican appoints first laywoman as dicastery prefect VnExpress Pope Leo XIV appoints Alvarado as prefect of communication, marking the first time a laywoman, not a religious sister, holds this position at the Holy See.
