Blessed Enrique Angelelli, bishop of La Rioja in Argentina was murdered on behalf of the military junta on 8/4/1976. While other bishops stood by or offered tacit blessings to the military coup, Angelelli denounced the terror and pledged to resist.
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"The thought crosses my mind that the Lord needs a bishop in jail or killed in order to make us wake up to our episcopal collegiality and live it more deeply." --Bd Enrique Angelelli, d Aug 4, 1976
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He celebrated Mass for Angelelli’s funeral—was first bishop to call him a martyr.
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