Pope Leo to beatify Guatemalan martyr and Italian religious who founded a new congregation


Franciscan Father Augusto Ramírez Monasterio is shown after his initial interrogation and torture; he is hiding the wounds on his hands and wrists. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Ana Morales Ramirez

, Jan 23, 2026 / 12:34 pm (CNA).

Pope Leo XIV approved on Jan. 22 the beatification of Guatemalan martyr Friar Augusto Ramírez Monasterio and Maria Ignazia Isacchi, an Italian religious who founded a new congregation.

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