There’s a story on the BBC website today about Father Willie Doyle, who was an army chaplain to the 16th (Irish) Division of the British army during the First World War. The reason he’s in the news is because he’s been nominated for sainthood.
Having recently read Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin I can appreciate how difficult it is to be canonised. His heroism has been described as an “ecumenical martyr of charity”. He died while going to the aid of two Protestant soldiers.
His biography is called To Raise the Fallen.
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