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Shrine to honor first U.S. martyr

Bobby Ross, Jr., AP

Friday, February 17, 2023

A dedication Mass set for Friday will mark the official opening of the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City. The 46-year-old priest, shot to death in Guatemala in 1981, became the first person born in the United States to be declared a martyr by the Catholic Church.

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