Franciscan Martyr Augusto Ramírez Monasterio Beatified in Guatemala
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The murder of Ramírez, considered martyr for "the heroic defense of the secret of confession", remains unpunished to this day.
The Franciscan friar was shot and shot, including one in the head, on 7 November 1983 in the centre of Guatemala City after escaping with his hands tied and barefooted feet from a vehicle where he was kidnapped.
The Franciscan friar was shot and shot, including one in the head, on November 7, 1983, in the center of Guatemala City after escaping from tied hands and barefooted feet of a vehicle where he was being kidnapped. Guatemala lived 36 years (1960-1996) of a conflict that confronted security forces and guerrilla groups with the death and disappearance of some 200,000. Ramírez's crime, considered a martyr for "the heroic defense of the secret of con…
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Franciscan martyr Augusto Ramírez Monasterio beatified in Guatemala
At his Beatification Mass in Antigua, Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega recalls Franciscan Fr. Augusto Rafael Ramírez Monasterio's defense of the seal of confession, and prays that his example will inspire Guatemalan families to live in humility and solidarity.Read all
Guatemalan friar Augusto Rafael Ramírez Monasterio was beatified on Saturday at a mass held on a municipal estate in central Guatemala, 43 years after being tortured and murdered for keeping confession secret.
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