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.AI-powered
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The Mystery of St. Toribio Romo (El Padre Pollero, El Santo Coyote)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Torribio Romo: A Border Crosser in the Desert
On this view, border crossers really would be encountering someone in the desert who helps them. They just later misidentify the person as Saint-Terribio when it's not. A Torribio is a real name and it's much more common in Mexico than in the US. The man they meet may just happen to have a superficial resemblance to Torribio Romo.
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