The Mystery of St. Toribio Romo (El Padre Pollero, El Santo Coyote)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The History of the Mexican Revolution
The fall of Porfirio Diaz meant the end of religious toleration in Mexico. Murphy's family moved to Halos for his education, and eventually the whole family moved there. When Turebio was 12 years old, he took the next step of his journey to the priesthood by becoming a minor seminarian.
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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.
