Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

How a Carmelite philosopher (Edith Stein) and a journalist priest (Titus Brandsma) were martyred by the Nazis 80 years ago…

The 80th anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) — canonized in 1998 and declared by St. John Paul II a co-patroness of Europe — is a reminder of the drama of the summer of 1942. Just a few weeks before Teresa was martyred at Auschwitz, Titus Brandsma, canonized just this past May, was killed at the Dachau concentration camp by lethal injection in the camp “infirmary”…