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... and they did so at considerable risk to themselves.
As Halloween approaches, many people will enjoy themselves by dressing up as witches. But, outside of Halloween festivities, there is nothing enjoyable about being labeled as a witch.
As fears and obsessions about witchcraft spread across Europe in the late-16th and early-17th centuries, countless thousands of persons found themselves falsely accused of being witches and subjected to torture and execution.
Continued below.
https://aleteia.org/2021/10/16/these-three-priests-fought-against-witch-paranoia/
As Halloween approaches, many people will enjoy themselves by dressing up as witches. But, outside of Halloween festivities, there is nothing enjoyable about being labeled as a witch.
As fears and obsessions about witchcraft spread across Europe in the late-16th and early-17th centuries, countless thousands of persons found themselves falsely accused of being witches and subjected to torture and execution.
Continued below.
https://aleteia.org/2021/10/16/these-three-priests-fought-against-witch-paranoia/
