President Donald Trump honored the 45th anniversary of the martyrdom of Father Stanley Rother, the first American-born Catholic priest beatified by the Church. Born in Oklahoma in 1935, Rother was ordained in 1963 and served as a missionary in war-torn Guatemala from 1968 until his death. During his 13-year ministry, he established schools, hospitals, and a radio station while advocating for the poor. In 1981, Rother was killed by armed assailants in Guatemala at age 46. Beatified in 2017, he is venerated at the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City. The president highlighted Rother’s legacy as a symbol of religious liberty and American missionary spirit, reaffirming commitment to freedom of faith.
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