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Martyr of Charity: Gábor Ervin on the way to beatification!
The Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest begins the beatification process for the martyr Gábor Ervin, murdered in 1944.
Martyr of Charity: Gábor Ervin on the way to beatification!
A major beatification process has begun in Budapest for the Catholic priest Gábor Ervin, who was killed by the Nazi Arrow Cross members during the Second World War. Ervin is considered a “martyr of helping, solidarity love,” a designation recently announced by Cardinal Péter Erdő, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest. The priest, born into a Jewish family, dedicated his life to protecting persecuted Jews by hiding them in his apartment. This happened at a time when many people were suffering under the Nazi regime, and it ultimately cost him his life when he was murdered along with his mother in December 1944 kathpress.at reported.
The beatification of Gábor Ervin underlines his role as an important figure in the dialogue with Hungarian society in the 1940s. During his time as a priest, he published several theological works and was intensively committed to helping people in need. In his speech, Cardinal Erdő emphasized that Ervin was not only an outstanding theologian, but also had the obedience and courage to stand up against injustice. In an act of courage, he even sewed the yellow star that denoted his Judaism onto his cassock to show solidarity with persecuted Jews. These extraordinary acts are currently being documented in the first part of the beatification process, in which testimonies about the life and death of Gábor Ervin are being collected, a necessary prerequisite to enter the next phase of the process to be carried out at the Vatican, such as hungarytoday.hu has shown.
The research into the beatification has already uncovered interesting facts, such as that Ervin hid Jews not only in his own apartment, but also in several other accommodations that he had rented. Due to the massive influx of the Arrow Cross, he was betrayed, tortured and finally murdered. The collection and collection of evidence is crucial for Gábor Ervin to be recognized as a saint and to offer a new heavenly intercession for the Hungarian Church.