26 April - Saint Pedro de Betancur - Independent Catholic News

26 April - Saint Pedro de Betancur - Independent Catholic News: Priest and the first saint of Guatemala. Born into a poor family on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Pedro was a shepherd until he was 24 when he began to make his way to Guatemala, hoping to connect with a relative engaged in government service there. By the time he reached Havana, he was out of money. After working there to earn more, he got to Guatemala City in the following year. When he arrived he was so destitute that he joined the bread line which the Franciscans had established.

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