Charity martyr: Gábor Ervin on the way to the beatification!

Charity martyr: Gábor Ervin on the way to the beatification!

Kapás-Straße 46, Budapest, Ungarn - In Budapest, an important beating process for the Catholic priest Gábor Ervin was initiated, which was killed by the National Socialist arrow crossers during the Second World War. Ervin is considered the "martyr of the helping, solidarity love", and this name was recently announced by Cardinal Péter Erdő, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest. The priest, born in a Jewish family, dedicated his life to the protection of persecuted Jews by hiding them in his apartment. This happened at a time when many people suffered from the Nazi regime, and it ultimately cost him life when he was murdered with his mother in December 1944, like kathpress.at reported.

The beatification of Gábor Ervin underlines his role as a significant figure in dialogue with the Hungarian society of the 1940s. During his time as a priest, he published several theological works and was intensively committed to people in need. In his speech, Cardinal Erdő emphasized that Ervin was not only an outstanding theologian, but also the obedience and the courage to rebel against the injustice. In a courageous act, he even sewed the yellow star, which characterized his Judaism, on his soutaneous to point solidarity with persecuted Jews. These extraordinary acts are currently being documented in the first part of the beatification process, in which certificates about the life and death of Gábor Ervin are collected, necessary prerequisite to enter into the next phase of the procedure, which is to be passed through the Vatican, such as hungarnheute.hu .

The research on the beatification has already revealed interesting facts, for example that Ervin hid Jews not only in his own apartment, but also in several other accommodations, which he had rented. Due to the massive crowd by the arrow crossers, he was betrayed, tortured and finally murdered. The survey and collection of evidence is crucial for the fact that Gábor Ervin can be recognized as a saint and offers a new heavenly intercession for the Hungarian church.