The first American-born martyr recognized

Father Stanley Rother, the first recognized American-born martyr, will be beatified on Sept. 23. Fr. Rother was a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma city. He served in Guatemala until he was martyred there in 1981. He is famous for returning to his Guatemalan parish, knowing he would likely die, because he said, “the shepherd […]

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