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‘Father Stan’s Our Man’: Okla. farm town honors hometown hero on path to sainthood

By Bobby Ross Jr. — July 31, 2017
OKARCHE, Okla. (RNS) — The Rev. Stanley Francis Rother's upcoming beatification both thrills and amazes people in this farm town of 1,200, about 40 miles northwest of the state capital.

Oklahoma City priest declared first American martyr by Pope Francis

By Josephine McKenna — December 2, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) An American missionary priest killed in Guatemala in 1981 has moved a step closer to being named a Catholic saint after Pope Francis declared him the first-ever American martyr.
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