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Leo XIV Baptizes the Murderous French Revolution: Says Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, are “Universal Ethical Imperatives”
Leo also praised the anti-Catholic French Enlightenment for recognizing “Human Rights.” Meanwhile, Rome describes the Church as a “movement,” and a German theologian describes Islam as Christianity.
On July 17, 1794, sixteen Carmelite nuns were taken through the streets of Paris to the guillotine. Their crime was fidelity to their religious vocation. Expelled from their monastery, they had continued living their rule as best they could. When the revolutionary authorities finally arrested them, they were condemned and executed. They sang hymns on their way to the scaffold. (Excerpts from Chris Jackson's long article)
Source : Hiraeth In Exile