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Podcast: AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast
Episode: Her Uncle, the Future Jesuit Saint: Ana Grande on Blessed Rutilio Grande, SJ
Description: Ana Grande's great uncle was Fr. Rutilio Grande, SJ, a Jesuit from El Salvador who was just beatified last month. (Beatification is the final step before canonized sainthood in the church, and we can call him Blessed Rutilio now.)
Blessed Rutilio was assassinated by El Salvador's security forces in 1977 for his ministry and community organizing with impoverished farmers. He was good friends with Archbishop Oscar Romero, and Rutilio’s death sparked Romero’s own conversion from a reserved leader who preferred to stay away from controversy into an outspoken prophet for peace and justice.
Ana spoke with host Mike Jordan Lask...