Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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When Archbishop Paul Coakley was a seminarian and first learned of Father Stanley Rother’s martyrdom, he immediately considered the Oklahoma priest a role model. Decades later, on July 28, Coakley, now the archbishop of Oklahoma City, attended the premiere of the new film “American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story” and spoke to EWTN News about how America’s first martyr has remained a source of inspiration.

Full interview coming soon.

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