OKARCHE, Okla. — The Rev. Stanley Rother, who was recognized as the Catholic Church's first U.S.-born martyr in history in December, will be beatified Sept. 23 in Oklahoma City. The beatification Mass ...

The Vatican announced Tuesday that Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Edward J. Weisenburger, who was the "promoter of justice" for the beatification cause of Fr. Stanley Rother, as the next bishop of ...

Perhaps an unlikely candidate to spur such a momentous movement, Father Stanley Rother, a humble priest from the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City who was murdered in Guatemala in 1981, will be one step ...

The Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City now stands as a reminder of the legacy of Pope Francis. Father Stanley Rother, born and raised in Okarche, was shot and killed in Guatemala in 1981.

An Oklahoma priest moved one step closer to sainthood. On Saturday, the Roman Catholic Church beatified Father Stanley Rother. It was only the second beatification ever held in the United States. The ...

A martyred priest's remains made a final journey to a new Roman Catholic shrine early Monday in Oklahoma City. A casket bearing the body of Blessed Stanley Rother, an Okarche native on the path to ...

The birth of Stanley Francis Rother was by all accounts ordinary, aside from the weather. The Catholic farm boy came into the world during an Oklahoma dust storm. But in life – and in death – he was ...

‘He Was a Good Shepherd’: Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine Dedicated in Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley noted that the dedication of the new shrine — named for the Catholic priest who served the ...

On Saturday, parishes across Oklahoma will celebrate the first feast day of the first U.S. born martyr, Blessed Stanley Rother, marking the 37 anniversary of his death. Special masses, relic ...