The Mystery of St. Toribio Romo (El Padre Pollero, El Santo Coyote) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

St. Toribio Romo was born to a poor family in Mexico and became a priest in a time when the Church was being persecuted. He was eventually martyred. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the saint's life and death and the strange mystery that surrounds him today.

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Further Resources:
• James Murphy’s book The Martyrdom of Saint Toribio Romo: https://amzn.to/3NbL80D
• Toribio Romo (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toribio_Romo_Gonz%C3%A1lez
• David Romo’s article “My Tio, the Saint”: https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/my-tio-the-saint/
• Alfredo Mirandé’s paper “Toribio Romo, el Padre Pollero”: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Toribio-Romo%2C-el-Padre-Pollero-Romo-Pollero/fd21166485ff4710869a98ab449ca85f121da662
• Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical Rerum Novarum: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html
• Summary of Rerum Novarum (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rerum_novarum
• St. Toribio Romo Fund: https://catholiccharitiesdom.org/donate-now/the-saint-toribio-romo-fund/