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The community’s response was immediate. After each Mass, hundreds of people approached the reliquary to venerate it, remembering the sacrifice of these martyrs who gave their lives for Christ and for religious freedom. Some of those who attended have family roots in regions of Mexico where the Cristero War took place, so the presence of the relics stirred particular emotion.

For the Knights of Columbus, who organized this first visit of the relics to Colorado, bringing them to the Hispanic community was a way to thank them for the support they have given the organization over the years and to strengthen their ties with Colorado’s Hispanic community.

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