{"id":101233,"date":"2026-07-29T00:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T00:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=101233"},"modified":"2026-07-29T00:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T00:09:22","slug":"white-house-marks-45th-anniversary-of-martyrdom-of-blessed-stanley-rother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/white-house-marks-45th-anniversary-of-martyrdom-of-blessed-stanley-rother\/","title":{"rendered":"White House marks 45th anniversary of martyrdom of Blessed Stanley Rother"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The White House issued a presidential message commemorating the 45th anniversary of the martyrdom of Blessed Stanley Rother, continuing the administration\u02bcs pattern of recognizing prominent Catholic feast days and observances.\u201cToday, Melania and I join with American Catholics and people of faith all across the world in honoring the towering legacy of Father Stanley Rother \u2014 an Oklahoma farm boy, the first American-born martyr beatified by the Catholic Church, and a champion of human dignity who heroically laid down his life\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House issued a presidential message commemorating the 45th anniversary of the martyrdom of Blessed Stanley Rother, continuing the administration\u02bcs pattern of recognizing prominent Catholic feast days and observances.\u201cToday, Melania and I join with American Catholics and people of faith all across the world in honoring the towering legacy of Father Stanley Rother \u2014 an Oklahoma farm boy, the first American-born martyr beatified by the Catholic Church, and a champion of human dignity who heroically laid down his life\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-101233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102339,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/new-film-american-martyr-tells-story-of-oklahoma-priest-and-martyr-blessed-stanley-rother\/","url_meta":{"origin":101233,"position":0},"title":"New film \u2018American Martyr\u2019 tells story of Oklahoma priest and martyr Blessed Stanley Rother","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"August 17, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Hundreds gathered late last month in Oklahoma City for the premiere of the new film \u201cAmerican Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story,\u201d a feature-length documentary depicting the inspiring life of Blessed Stanley Rother.\u201cThis has been a long time coming,\u201d Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City told EWTN News on the red carpet July 28.Born in Okarche, Oklahoma, Rother was a farmer before he attended Mount St. Mary\u2019s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and was ordained a priest in 1963. 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Nov. 1 is the solemnity of All Saints \u2014 known more popularly as All Saints\u2019 Day \u2014 the day on which the Catholic Church celebrates all who have attained eternal life with God in heaven.&nbsp;The Catholic Church formally recognizes thousands and thousands of saints.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"CNA explains: The step-by-step process the Church uses to declare someone a saint","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CNA-explains-The-step-by-step-process-the-Church-uses-to-declare-someone-a-saint.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CNA-explains-The-step-by-step-process-the-Church-uses-to-declare-someone-a-saint.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CNA-explains-The-step-by-step-process-the-Church-uses-to-declare-someone-a-saint.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CNA-explains-The-step-by-step-process-the-Church-uses-to-declare-someone-a-saint.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28054,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/new-animated-film-honors-legacy-of-21-coptic-martyrs-on-10th-anniversary-of-their-martyrdom\/","url_meta":{"origin":101233,"position":2},"title":"New animated film honors legacy of 21 Coptic Martyrs on 10th anniversary of their martyrdom","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Februar 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] On Feb. 15, 2015, ISIS militants brutally executed 21 Coptic Christian prisoners on a beach in Libya. Now, on the 10th anniversary of their deaths, a short animated film called \"The 21\u201d is honoring these 21 men who died because of their unwillingness to deny their faith in Jesus Christ. \/ Credit: MORE Productions\/Tod Polson CNA Staff, Feb 15, 2025 \/ 08:00 am (CNA). On Feb. 15, 2015, ISIS militants brutally executed 21 Coptic Christian prisoners on a beach\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1739652604_the21.png?fit=1200%2C672&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1739652604_the21.png?fit=1200%2C672&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1739652604_the21.png?fit=1200%2C672&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1739652604_the21.png?fit=1200%2C672&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1739652604_the21.png?fit=1200%2C672&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19638,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/all-saints-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":101233,"position":3},"title":"All Saints&#039; Day","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"November 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] All Saints&#039; Day Feast date: Nov 01 The Solemnity of All Saints is\u00c2\u00a0celebrated on the first of November. It\u00c2\u00a0was instituted to honour all of the saints, both known and unknown, and, according to Pope\u00c2\u00a0Urban IV, to supply any deficiencies in the faithful's celebration of saints' feasts during the year. In the early days of the Church, the Christians were accustomed to solemnize the anniversary of a martyr's death for Christ at the place of martyrdom. In the fourth century,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1730463503_Saints1Nov.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1730463503_Saints1Nov.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1730463503_Saints1Nov.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1730463503_Saints1Nov.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10057,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/thousands-gather-in-jungle-for-celebration-honoring-catholic-priest-killed-in-eastern-india\/","url_meta":{"origin":101233,"position":4},"title":"Thousands gather in jungle for celebration honoring Catholic priest killed in eastern India","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"September 22, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] The faithful gather at the site of Father Arul Das&#039; death in the Jamboni jungle on Sept. 2, 2024. \/ Credit: Anto Akkara Bangalore, India, Sep 10, 2024 \/ 11:15 am (CNA). More than 4,000 Catholics on Sept. 2 assembled in the remote Jamboni jungle to mark the 25-year observance of the death of 33-year-old Father Arul Das of the Balasore Diocese, who was shot and pierced with arrows in his thatched chapel-house during the early hours of Sept.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1726975331_the-faithful-at-the-silver-jubilee-mass72.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1726975331_the-faithful-at-the-silver-jubilee-mass72.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1726975331_the-faithful-at-the-silver-jubilee-mass72.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1726975331_the-faithful-at-the-silver-jubilee-mass72.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1726975331_the-faithful-at-the-silver-jubilee-mass72.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57559,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/st-thomas-mores-skull-may-be-exhumed-from-canterbury-vault-for-saints-500th-anniversary\/","url_meta":{"origin":101233,"position":5},"title":"St. Thomas More\u2019s skull may be exhumed from Canterbury vault for saint\u2019s 500th anniversary","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Oktober 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"St. Thomas More. \/ Credit: Public domain Canterbury, England, Jul 19, 2025 \/ 07:00 am (CNA). The skull of St. Thomas More may be exhumed and preserved to coincide with the 500th anniversary of his historic martyrdom, according to a spokesperson for St. Dunstan\u2019s Church in Canterbury, England, the Anglican church in which the relic reportedly currently rests. As the church begins the initial steps in a \u201cpermissions process,\u201d Sue Palmer, churchwarden at St. Dunstan Parochial Church Council (PCC), told\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"St. Thomas More\u2019s skull may be exhumed from Canterbury vault for saint\u2019s 500th anniversary","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/St.-Thomas-Mores-skull-may-be-exhumed-from-Canterbury-vault-for-saints-500th-anniversary.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/St.-Thomas-Mores-skull-may-be-exhumed-from-Canterbury-vault-for-saints-500th-anniversary.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/St.-Thomas-Mores-skull-may-be-exhumed-from-Canterbury-vault-for-saints-500th-anniversary.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/St.-Thomas-Mores-skull-may-be-exhumed-from-Canterbury-vault-for-saints-500th-anniversary.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_publicize_connections","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled","jetpack_featured_media_url"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101233"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=101233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}