Brazilian priest, devoted to Mary and the Eucharist, angered Masonic lodge before his martyrdom
April 15, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Fides, the news agency of the Pontifical Mission Societies, has profiled Father Nazareno Lanciotti (1940-2001) following the papal recognition of his martyrdom that has paved the way for his beatification.
Lanciotti, the Brazilian national director of the Marian Movement of Priests, fought against drug trafficking and prostitution and told young people that “Eucharistic adoration, the Rosary, and devotion to the Virgin will save you.”
According to Fides, “strong tensions arose among members of a Masonic lodge, opposed to Father Nazareno’s actions,” and soon the priest was slain. “When you look for me, you will always find me at the foot of the tabernacle,” he had said—a premonition, perhaps, of the place of his burial.
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