Jacques Hamel

Pope Francis has agreed to speed up the path to sainthood for French Catholic priest Jacques Hamel, murdered by two teenaged jihadists in July, Vatican sources said Sunday.

Pope Francis said Father Jacques Hamel, the French priest knifed to death at his altar by Islamist militants in July, was a "martyr", and indicated on Wednesday he was already on the road to sainthood.

One of the jihadists who murdered a French priest in July was buried in a Paris suburb, where his family owns a crypt, a local official said today. Adel Kermiche, 19, was shot dead by French police after he and another assailant attacked a church on July 26 in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvroy in northern France, murdering priest Jacques Hamel and seriously...

Thousands gathered at Rouen cathedral in northern France today for the funeral of Father Jacques Hamel, the 85-year-old priest who was murdered by two jihadists last week.

From religious leaders to common parishioners, there was a singular refrain regarding the priest slain in his own church Tuesday by terrorists: Jacques Hamel was simply a good man.

Pope Francis has agreed to speed up the path to sainthood for French Catholic priest Jacques Hamel, murdered by two teenaged jihadists in July, Vatican sources said Sunday.

Pope Francis said Father Jacques Hamel, the French priest knifed to death at his altar by Islamist militants in July, was a "martyr", and indicated on Wednesday he was already on the road to sainthood.

One of the jihadists who murdered a French priest in July was buried in a Paris suburb, where his family owns a crypt, a local official said today. Adel Kermiche, 19, was shot dead by French police after he and another assailant attacked a church on July 26 in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvroy in northern France, murdering priest Jacques Hamel and seriously...

Thousands gathered at Rouen cathedral in northern France today for the funeral of Father Jacques Hamel, the 85-year-old priest who was murdered by two jihadists last week.

From religious leaders to common parishioners, there was a singular refrain regarding the priest slain in his own church Tuesday by terrorists: Jacques Hamel was simply a good man.