On June 29, Christians around the world will pause to observe the Day of the Christian Martyr.

This is FRESH AIR. Kaveh Akbar is an Iranian American poet whose work has appeared in The New Yorker and The Paris Review. He's also written a book of poetry called "Portrait Of The Alcoholic" and now ...

The decision of Pope Francis to designate Archbishop Oscar Romero a martyr comes after decades of controversy and debate within the church. The archbishop was assassinated while saying Mass in 1980 ...

After a long period in which the persecutions of Christianity were really spasmodic, local, [and] involved very few people, suddenly in the middle of the 3rd century, the year 250, the Emperor Decius ...

What do you do if you're stuck working with a martyr-leader--or if you are one yourself? Ultimately, you'll discover that there is no point in trying to reform them. A martyr-leader can only reform ...

At the end of June and beginning of July the calendar of the universal Church is marked by the feasts of a number of well-known martyr-saints. June 29th marks the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, ...

If you are a person in recovery or some other kind of crisis, you’re often urged to tell your story. Talk about yourself, because that’s the path to healing. Cyrus, the narrator of Kaveh Akbar’s ...