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MARTYRS OF QUICHÉ - 23 APRIL

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 23rd of April WELCOME! MARTYRS OF QUICHÉ Courtesy of www.vaticannews.va In an interview with Vatican News, Bishop Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli of Quiché diocese recalled the lives of the ten martyrs (three priests of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart: Jose Maria Grand Cicera , Juan Alonso Fernandez and Faustino Villanueva ; and seven laymen: Rosalío Benito, Reyes Us, Domingo del Barrio, Nicolás Castro, Tomás Ramírez , Miguel Tiú and 12-year-old Juan Barrera Méndez, all of them were killed in "hatred of the faith" in Guatemala between 1980 and 1991) and said: "Our martyrs were truly missionaries on the move. They went from house to house, keeping the faith alive, praying with their brothers, evangelizing, imploring the God of life. They were men of great faith, of great trust in God, but at the same time of great dedication to bring about a change, a different Guatemala.” In the years from 1960 to 1996, Guatemal