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Two Priests Die After Saving Altar Server in Ecuador

The Church in Ecuador is mourning the tragic loss of two priests who died after rescuing a young altar server from drowning in the sea.

The incident occurred on 13 March at the beach of General Villamil Playas, in the province of Guayas. A group of priests and altar servers had gathered there for a retreat when one of the young boys began to struggle in the water after being caught by strong waves.

Father Alfonso Avilés Pérez, parish priest of San Alberto Magno in Daule, immediately entered the sea to help the boy. Father Pedro Anzoátegui also rushed into the water to assist in the rescue. Thanks to their efforts, the altar server was saved.

However, the powerful current carried both priests away from the shore.

Father Alfonso Avilés died shortly after the incident, while Father Pedro Anzoátegui was initially reported missing. His body was recovered the following day.

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Mike the Pike

No one gets out of this life alive. They went out well. May God bless them!

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jose g rodriguez

A beach is not an appropriate place for a retreat, probably a spiritual one.

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P. O'B

Very sad, and God bless the priests. BUT will the Church now want to canonize them? Not an idle question. A fine young lad tried to stop a school shooter in Colorado a few years ago and was killed -- now there is a movement to canonize him. A father in Virginia successfully saved the life of his Down Syndrome son but died in the process. His canonization has been suggested. All involved may be wonderful people and certainly acted heroically, but what exactly is a saint in the new Church?

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jose g rodriguez

Since john Paul II, the new church, the conciliar-synodal church, does not know exactly what a saint is.

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jose g rodriguez

Father Davide Pagliarani:
"True holiness is that which allows a soul to be moved by the Holy Spirit, by the wisdom of God, by the counsel of God. The Hallmark of a pure soul is its receptivity to all that the Holy Spirit inspires."
Don Pagliarani / La FSSPX, lo stato di …

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Mike the Pike

Pope John Paul II canonized Maximillian Kolbe. I think that was a correct call.

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SonoftheChurch

What were they doing there with those boys in the first place?

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