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‘I’d Rather Die’: The Priest Who Died for Refusing to Bless an Invalid Marriage
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‘I’d Rather Die’: The Priest Who Died for Refusing to Bless an Invalid Marriage
On April 29, 1991, at 11:00 a.m., a sergeant from the Military Police entered the parish rectory in Salgueiro, Pernambuco, in Brazil, and shot the parish priest five times. Death was immediate.The priest was 63 years old. His name was Father José Maria Prada, and he died because he refused to officiate an invalid marriage.A Life of MissionBorn in 1928 in northeastern Portugal, Father José Maria joined the Redemptorists at a young age and was ord…
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