NOBLE ARMY: THE MODERN MARTYRS OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY (PB)

In July 1998, statues of ten martyrs of the 20th century were unveiled surmounting the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey. These figures were identified from different continents and different churches: victims of Nazi and Bolshevik oppression, state-sponsored violence, and religious hatred. Some, such as Oscar Romero and Martin Luther King, are famed across the world. Others are less known. The reflections in this book culminate in a chapter on the contemporary reality of Christian marginalisation and persecution, written by Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, Iraq.