The Mystery of St. Toribio Romo (El Padre Pollero, El Santo Coyote)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
00:00
Let's Go North
Father Roma was fervently opposed to emigration to the United States. In 1920, he wrote a slapstick morality play titled Let's Go North. The one-act comedy depicts a cultural clash between Don Ruggasiano and Sancho. Despite this, the roads are packed with Mexicans headed toward the United States in search of bitter bread.
Transcript
Play full episode
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.
