Martyred Okarche native Father Stanley Rother was beatified, or declared blessed, in an elaborate and moving Mass Saturday. Over 20,000 attended at the Cox Convention Center in downtown Oklahoma City. He is the first American-born martyr and the first U.S. priest to be beatified. Rother’s beatification comes nine months after Pope Francis declared him a … Continue reading Martyred Oklahoma priest beatified, positioned for sainthood