— Sooner or later, it seems, every good cause in Catholicism gets its martyr.
St. Thomas More, for instance, is celebrated for his loyalty to the pope when England split from Rome in the 16th century, and more recently, Blessed Oscar Romero of El Salvador has become the patron saint of defending the poor.
http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2016/01/05/woman-at-the-heart-of-the-vatileaks-trial-sees-herself-as-a-martyr-for-reform/
St. Thomas More, for instance, is celebrated for his loyalty to the pope when England split from Rome in the 16th century, and more recently, Blessed Oscar Romero of El Salvador has become the patron saint of defending the poor.
http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2016/01/05/woman-at-the-heart-of-the-vatileaks-trial-sees-herself-as-a-martyr-for-reform/