Friday, June 6, 2025

The Great Cloud of Witnesses

St. Rafael Guízar Valencia Read more

St. Rafael Guízar Valencia

Saint Rafael Guízar Valencia was born in Cotija de la Paz, Michoacán, on April 26, 1878 (his brother, Antonio Guízar y Valencia, served as the Bishop of Chihuahua for 49 years). He was ordained a priest in 1901. With the start of the Mexican Revolution in 1910, persecution of the Catholic Church became severe, and Guízar became a special target because of his outspoken defense of the Church....
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