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Argentine ‘slum priest’ and COVID victim hailed as ‘martyr for the poor’
- Aug 31, 2020
Father Basilicio “Bachi” Britez, 52 at the time of his death, had suffered from kidney problems, hypertension and diabetes, so when the COVID-19 pandemic began to surge in Argentina, he was advised to leave the shantytown where he lived. Britez refused, insisting he couldn’t abandon the people he’d been entrusted to protect in La Matanza, one of the poor areas that make up Buenos Aires’ industrial belts.

By Inés San Martín
Minnesota high school prepares for beatification of one of its own
- Nov 23, 2019
A man who scrubbed toilets and shoveled sidewalks at Cretin-Derham Hall High School is on his way to becoming a saint, and the school is celebrating his beatification by elevating his presence on campus and connecting students to his legacy.

By Christina Capecchi, CNS
France marks 3rd anniversary of priest’s murder by Islamic terrorists
- Jul 28, 2019
On the third anniversary of the murder of French Father Jacques Hamel by extremists, France pays homage to his message of peace as Vatican inches closer to beatification.

By Claire Giangravè

Pope calls first martyr a model of trust, forgiveness for modern-day families
- Dec 26, 2018
In his Angelus address on the feast of the Church’s first martyr, Pope Francis extolled him as a model of trust and forgiveness for modern-day families.

By Elise Harris
In Rome, Salvadorans demand justice for St. Romero’s assassination
- Oct 13, 2018
A few days before Archbishop Oscar Romero was to be canonized, members of Salvadoran human rights organizations flew to Rome to demand justice for the archbishop’s assassination.

By Melissa Vida
In Washington, former sacristan remembers life with Oscar Romero
- Aug 4, 2018
A Salvadoran who now lives in Washington recounts his personal experience of working alongside Blessed Oscar Romero.

By Rhina Guidos

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