Television and News Coverage of the Beatification of Spanish Martyrs

In a July 1 post I previously mentioned the 498 martyrs of the Spanish Civil War who will be beatified on October 28.  Those who will be beatified include 2 Spanish Discalced Carmelite friars who lived in Tucson, Arizona before returning to Spain, aware of the danger. 

At the time of the earlier post, the beatification was scheduled to be held at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls.  The location has been changed.  It will be held in St. Peter's Square.   Cardinal José Saraiva Martins will preside.  He is the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

EWTN's special broadcasts will include a live broadcast and later re-broadcast of that 2-hour beatification Mass.  The Mass will be broadcast live on Sunday, October 28 at 4:00 a.m. Eastern Time (1:00 a.m. Pacific, 10:00 a.m. Rome).  It will be re-broadcast the same day at 12:00 noon Eastern (9:00 a.m. Pacific, 6:00 p.m. Rome).  You can watch on line with either Spanish or English commentary.

Vatican TV will also broadcast the beatification live on line.

The California-Arizona Province of Discalced Carmelite Friars has posted short biographies of both of the Arizona martyrs as well as information about the Spanish Civil War in which they died.