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(RNS) — As the four martyrs are one step closer to sainthood, Salvadorans in the United States hope the designation could inspire the Catholic Church to center the poor and marginalized.
Terrence M. Sawyer, J.D., president, released this statement related to the beatification of Rev. Rutilio Grande, S.J.
Four martyrs are beatified at a Mass in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Jan. 22, 2022. / Camilo Freedman/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images.Vatican City, Jan 25, 2022 / 13:00 pm (CNA).Pope Francis has commended the "heroic example" of four martyrs killed in the 1970s and 1980s who were recently beatified in El Salvador.Franciscan Father Cosme Spessotto, Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande, and two lay companions were declared blessed at a beatification Mass in San Salvador on Jan. 22."They stood by the poor, bearing witness to the Gospel, truth, and justice even to the point of shedding their blo...
The martyrs beatified -- including a teenage boy, priests and a sacristan -- were part of more than 75,000 civilians killed during the country's civil war in the 1970s and '80s that ended with peace accords in 1992.
Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande, two laymen and Franciscan missionary Father Cosme Spessotto were beatified on Saturday in San Salvador. A close friend of St Oscar Romero, Father Rutilio Grande, SJ, was killed by a paramilitary death squad in 1977 for speaking out for social justice. Fathe...