Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Innocents, all those
young boys in and around Bethlehem, two and under, whom Herod had
massacred in order to kill Jesus Christ. We do not know their
number or their names, but the Church lists them as among her
martyrs. Some have disputed that they should be called martyrs
since they did not submit freely for the sake of Christ but were
merely victims of Herod. Nevertheless, the Church has long numbered
them in her ranks of martyrs.
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