St. Jesús Méndez-Montoya was a Mexican Catholic priest and martyr during the period of religious persecution known as the Cristero War. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on November 22, 1992, and canonized on May 21, 2000. He was born into a devout farming family and demonstrated a vocation for the priesthood from an early age. At fourteen, he entered the Tridentine Seminary of Morelia,...