Romanian prince who died in jail is beatified

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Bucharest Romania (AP) - thousands of people gathered in Romania Wang Zihua Saturday for decades to travel all over the world, to help the sick and the poor, died in prison after being tortured of the communist party's blessing.
Bishop Francis papal approval blessing march Vladimir Ghika announced his martyrs of the Christian faith. Blessed, "blessing", the title of the give Ghika is next to the last stage in the process of conferring the saint.
Was born in moldova in Constantinople in 1873, a family and nobles, Ghika convert to Catholicism in 1902. He spent his life to help the cholera, tuberculosis and the victims of the earthquake, and in 1923 was appointed as a pastor in Paris.
He traveled all over the world, from Bucharest, Buenos Aires, Tokyo Pope pius ten I give him a call his "apostolic tramp." Although from a wealthy family, he called his gentle, always the cheapest classes and hearing confessions, in bars, in the street, on the subway.
Thousands of catholics from Romania and attend a two-hour service abroad ROMEXPO trade center on Saturday, and prime minister viktor peng called him "great Europe who refuse to compromise with the spirit of totalitarianism."
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"He helped the poor and struggling and wounded soldier, said:" Mariuta Istoc, 68 years old, dressed in colorful festival clothes for farmers, and had travelled to more than 300 km (190 miles) from the service of her village. "He built pharmacy and many other things, he gave his wealth to the poor, he was from a noble family, but he gave up all, he had to the poor."
Catholic priest YouJinBo Joe said Ghika "is very difficult to live in that time, after the war ended, the church and faith in times of persecution, he gave his life for the church, all may be accused of."
When the communists came to power, Ghika refused to leave Romania. He was arrested in 1952, was found guilty of treason, as "the Vatican spy." He's in his interrogation and beaten, because he refused to condemn his faith being shocked. Gilardino, he died at the communist party of the prison in 1954.
Romanian orthodox church Varlaam Ploiesteanul attend services and praised Ghika, who was born in a family of orthodox christians, collection ", the east and west two tradition."