Creighton University: Vatican to Beatify Fr. Rutilio Grande, Martyr of El Salvador
January 20, 2022
January 20, 2022
OMAHA, Nebraska, Jan. 20 (TNSOps) -- Creighton University issued the following news:
A Jesuit priest who was martyred in 1977 while serving the poor of El Salvador will undergo beatification Jan. 22 during a ceremony to be held in San Salvador, the nation's capital.
The ceremony, approved by Pope Francis, will confer the title of "Blessed" upon the Rev. Rutilio Grande, SJ, a native of El Salvador who devoted his life to disputing notions that the poverty . . .
A Jesuit priest who was martyred in 1977 while serving the poor of El Salvador will undergo beatification Jan. 22 during a ceremony to be held in San Salvador, the nation's capital.
The ceremony, approved by Pope Francis, will confer the title of "Blessed" upon the Rev. Rutilio Grande, SJ, a native of El Salvador who devoted his life to disputing notions that the poverty . . .