With regards to salvation, a baptized infant has the theological virtues infused into its soul, and immediately enters heaven after death. But can such an infant truly be called a martyr, if killed under certain circumstances?
God sanctifies our souls, which does not mean correcting every natural flaw of mind or body, and sometimes means leaving certain flaws as weaknesses through which His power can triumph.
John Henry Cardinal Newman at one time hoped the current problematic pope would be 'driven from Rome, and will not continue the Council, or that there will be another Pope.'