The Mystery of St. Toribio Romo (El Padre Pollero, El Santo Coyote)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Transcript
St. Toribio Romo was born to a poor family in Mexico and became a priest in a time when the Church was being persecuted. He was eventually martyred. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the saint's life and death and the strange mystery that surrounds him today.
