Shortly before midday today, feast of St. Stephen, deacon and protomartyr, Benedict XVI appeared at the window of his study to pray the Angelus with faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square below.
  The Pope recalled how St. Stephen “was stoned at the gates of Jerusalem and died, like Jesus, invoking forgiveness for his killers. [...]

Saint Stephen

December 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Stephen’s name means crown. He was the first disciple of Jesus to receive the martyr’s crown. Stephen was a deacon in the early Church. We read about him in chapters 6 and 7 of the Acts of the Apostles. Peter and the apostles had found that they needed helpers to look after the care of [...]