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The Catholic Church was caught in the middle of a civil war; eventually, his name appeared on a death list.

The $50 million shrine on SE 89th Street between Shields Boulevard and Interstate 35 is being dedicated Friday, nearly three years after site work began in April 2020.

A $50 million shrine built to honor Stanley Francis Rother — killed by three masked assassins who entered his rectory during Guatemala's civil war — is expected to draw thousands of pilgrims to his home state.

The birth of Stanley Francis Rother was by all accounts ordinary, aside from the weather. The Catholic farm boy came into the world during an Oklahoma dust storm. But in

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The birth of Stanley Francis Rother was by all accounts ordinary, aside from the weather. The Catholic farm boy came into the world during an Oklahoma dust storm.

Holy Angels Catholic Church recently celebrated the last Mass at 317 N Blackwelder. Parishioners will move to the new Rother shrine church.

The birth of Stanley Francis Rother was by all accounts ordinary, aside from the weather

A memorial for Stanley Francis Rother, the first Catholic martyr from the United States, is being built in Oklahoma City. The shrine is expected to cost $50 million.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The birth of Stanley Francis Rother was by all accounts ordinary, aside from the weather. The Catholic farm boy came into the world during an Oklahoma dust storm. But in life — and in death — he was extraordinary. The 46-year-old priest, shot to death in Guatemala

The 46-year-old priest who was shot to death in 1981, became the first person born in the United States to be declared a martyr by the Catholic Church.