一位在第一次世界大战中为救助受伤和垂死的士兵而牺牲的“英雄”爱尔兰神父，正迈向可能的封圣之路。
A "heroic" Irish priest who was killed in World War One while trying to help injured and dying soldiers has taken a step towards potential sainthood.
威利·道尔神父在第一次世界大战最血腥的战役中担任英军牧师，包括索姆河战役、梅西纳战役和帕森达勒战役。
Fr Willie Doyle served as a British Army chaplain during some of the bloodiest battles of the First World War, including the Somme, Messines and Passchendaele.
这位来自都柏林的神父以在火线下的勇气闻名，屡次冲入无人区，将受伤的部队送往安全地带，或安慰致命受伤的士兵。
The Dubliner was renowned for his courage under fire, repeatedly running into No Man's Land to carry wounded troops to safety or to comfort those fatally injured.
本周日，爱尔兰天主教会在穆林加尔大教堂举行了特别弥撒，准备向梵蒂冈递交数千份文件，以支持其封圣案。
On Sunday, the Catholic Church in Ireland held a special service in Mullingar Cathedral as it prepares to send thousands of documents to the Vatican to support the case for his canonisation.
第一次世界大战已经持续一年多时，道尔神父自愿成为英军第16（爱尔兰）师的军牧。
World War One had been raging for more than a year when Fr Doyle volunteered to become a military chaplain to the 16th (Irish) Division of the British Army.
他在该师服役近两年，其中大部分时间在西线战壕中，直至1917年8月16日在帕森达勒战役中牺牲。
He served with the division for almost two years, much of that in the trenches at the Western Front, until his death at the Battle of Passchendaele on 16 August 1917.
他在前往援助两名受伤的新教士兵时被炮火击中身亡，其中一名是来自贝尔法斯特的年轻军官——亚瑟·维文·格林少尉。
He was killed by shellfire while going to the aid of two wounded Protestant soldiers, one of whom was a young officer from Belfast - 2nd Lt Arthur Vivian Green.
因此，爱尔兰天主教会将道尔神父视为一位“慈善的合一殉道者”，因为他在为其他基督教派别的士兵进行牧灵时牺牲。
Because of that, the Catholic Church in Ireland considers Fr Doyle to be an "ecumenical martyr of charity" who died ministering to soldiers of other Christian denominations.
封圣运动由威利·道尔神父协会主导，该协会总部设在都柏林，成员大多为平信徒，也得到神职人员的支持。
The campaign for sainthood is being led by the Fr Willie Doyle Association, a Dublin-based group comprised mostly of lay people but supported by the clergy.
该协会由帕特里克·肯尼创立，肯尼是一名商学院讲师，居住在道尔神父在南都柏林成长地不远处。
The group was founded by Patrick Kenny, a business school lecturer who lives a short distance from where Fr Doyle grew up in south County Dublin.
“威利·道尔神父的一生充满了伟大的英雄主义，我还要说的是，他也拥有极高的圣洁，”肯尼对BBC北爱尔兰新闻说。
"Fr Willie Doyle lived a life of great heroism and, I would also say, great holiness," Kenny told BBC News NI.
他因在索姆河战役中的英勇表现而获授军功十字勋章。他还多次在电报中被提及。肯尼在2020年成立了该协会，因为在阅读已故神父弗朗西斯·道尔的传记后，他被道尔的勇气所“吸引”。
"He was awarded the Military Cross for his bravery at the Battle of the Somme. He was mentioned in despatches on a number of occasions as well." Kenny set up the association in 2020 after he became "captivated" by Fr Doyle's courage through reading a biography of the late priest.
威廉·约瑟夫·加布里埃尔·道尔于1873年出生，未来的神父在都柏林富裕的郊区达尔基拥有舒适的中产阶级童年。
Born William Joseph Gabriel Doyle in 1873, the future priest had a comfortable, middle-class childhood in the affluent Dublin suburb of Dalkey.
他被送往英格兰的一所天主教寄宿学校，但在少年时期回到爱尔兰，至18岁时已开始学习成为耶稣会神父。他四十出头时被派往前线，担任第一次世界大战的牧师。
He was sent to a Catholic boarding school in England, but returned to Ireland as a teenager, where by the age of 18 he had begun studying to be a Jesuit priest. He was in his early 40s when he was sent to the Front as a WW1 chaplain.
尽管这是非战斗角色，肯尼指出，第16（爱尔兰）师司令威廉·伯纳德·希基少将曾形容道尔神父是“他遇到过的最勇敢的人”。
Even though it was a non-combatant role, Kenny points out that the commander of the 16th (Irish) Division, Maj-Gen Sir William Bernard Hickie, described Fr Doyle as "the bravest man that he ever met".
他补充说，道尔神父是多产的书信作者，他的私人通信已成为历史学家重要的第一手目击资料。
He added that Fr Doyle was a prolific letter writer whose personal correspondence has become an important eyewitness source for historians.
“如果你查阅任何关于爱尔兰人在第一次世界大战中的书籍，几乎必然会出现威利·道尔神父的名字。
"If you look at any book about the Irish in the First World War, almost invariable Fr Willie Doyle is in that book.
“由于他寄回家的信件数量庞大，我们对爱尔兰士兵的经历了解颇多。”肯尼还说，道尔神父在自己部下中备受尊敬，同时也因对受伤的德国战俘表现出的善意而受到关注。
"Because of the sheer volume of letters that he sent home, we know a lot about what the Irish soldiers experienced." Kenny added Fr Doyle was held in great esteem by his own men, but was also noted for his kindness towards injured German prisoners-of-war.
他形容这位神父是“一位和平与和解的仆人，是名副其实的合一典范”。
He described the priest as "a servant of peace and reconciliation and a model of true ecumenism"
“在许多方面，他的生活与见证如今比一百年前更具相关性。”天主教会实现圣人封圣的过程共有五个步骤，其中一些可能需要多年，而此项运动仍处于非常早期阶段。
"In many ways, his life and witness are more relevant to us now than they were 100 years ago." There are five steps in the process to achieving sainthood in the Catholic Church some of which can take many years, and this campaign is at a very early stage.
威利·道尔神父协会向爱尔兰教会请愿，争取对其封圣提案的支持，教会于2022年启动了教区调查。
The Fr Willie Doyle Association petitioned the Irish Church to support its proposal for his canonisation, and the Church opened a diocesan inquiry in 2022.
“米斯教区进行了广泛的调查：一个神学委员会研究了他的著作，另一个历史委员会研究了他的生平，”肯尼解释道。
"The Diocese of Meath conducted an extensive investigation - a theological commission studying his writings; a historical commission studying his life," Kenny explained.
该教区还成立了一个“教区法庭”，并邀请了专家们参与调查，以评估多伊尔神父在信徒们心中留下的宗教影响。“所有这些文件加起来总共有近3500页，”肯尼说。
It also conducted a "diocesan tribunal" during which experts were interviewed to determine the strength of the religious legacy Fr Doyle inspired among devotees. "Together all of that documentation comes close to 3,500 pages," Kenny said.
“这些文件将被送往罗马，随后流程将进入下一阶段。”本周，米斯教区的主教汤姆·迪尼汉被拍到正在为收集到的多伊尔神父的相关文件加盖蜡封，准备将其提交给梵蒂冈审查。
"That documentation will be brought to Rome and then the next phase of the process begins." This week, the Bishop of Meath Tom Deenihan was filmed adding wax seals to the many parcels of evidence gathered on Fr Doyle, ready for Vatican inspection.
主教表示：“这位为英国军队担任随军牧师的爱尔兰天主教神父的榜样，对当今这个国家认同与宗教派别关系日益紧张的时代具有重要的启示意义。”
The bishop said the example of an Irish Catholic priest who died serving as a British Army chaplain "has much to offer our own time when nationality and denomination run the risk of polarity".
他补充说：“事实上，多伊尔神父的精神内涵与Z世代的价值观非常契合。”
"Indeed Fr Doyle's spirituality, and example, resonate very much with that of the spirituality of Gen Z," he added.
多伊尔神父的家人也被邀请参加了周日下午在穆林加尔举行的仪式。
Members of Fr Doyle's family were invited to join Irish bishops at the ceremony in Mullingar on Sunday afternoon.
这次仪式标志着“调查法庭的最终公开阶段”；之后，所有文件将被整理并装订成册，送往罗马。“这一仪式严格遵循了教会的规定，”迪尼汉主教说。
The event marked the "final public session of the tribunal of inquiry" after which the last documents will be collated and added to the bundles bound for Rome. "It's a ritual that's heavily prescribed by church regulation," Bishop Deenihan said.
“剩余的文件，包括最后一场会议的记录，也将在大教堂的仪式上被加盖封印。”主教称这是“爱尔兰教会历史上的一个重要时刻”，并表示他对这个案件的顺利处理充满信心。
"The remainder of the documentation, including the minutes of the final [session] itself, will be sealed at the ceremony in the cathedral." The bishop said it was "an important moment in the life of the Church here in Ireland" and added he was "confident" the case would be successful.