Pope Francis: Bl Stanley Rother model of heroic
witness
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| Cardinal Angelo Amato, center, prays under a banner depicting Blessed Stanley Rother during Rother's Beatification Ceremony in Oklahoma City, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017.- AP |
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis praised the virtue and example
of Blessed Stanley Francis Rother on Sunday, one day after the secular
missionary priest originally of Oklahoma in the United States was beatified as
a martyr.
Bl. Stanley was killed on July 28th, 1981, after
returning to Guatemala to minister to his flock, despite several death threats
and warnings his life would be in danger. “Well, a shepherd cannot run from his
flock,” he is quoted as saying in explanation of his decision to return in the
face of such danger.
In remarks to the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square
following the traditional Angelus address on Sunday, Pope
Francis said, “[Saturday], in Oklahoma City, the missionary priest, Stanley
Francis Rother, killed in hatred of the faith for his work of evangelization
and work to promote the human dignity of the poorest people in Guatemala, was
proclaimed Blessed. May his heroic example help us to be courageous witnesses
to the Gospel, committed to working in behalf of the dignity of man.”
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