It drives many of the MAGA white Catholics who have voted in the majority three times now for Trump when fellow Catholics speak of Alex Pretti as a martyr. Their rage does not deter Fellow Catholic Terence Sweeney. He writes,

"Alex Pretti was a martyr. I am not using this term merely rhetorically. artyrdom is one of the most essential categories of Christian life."

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https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/sweeney-pretti-minneapolis-martyr-ice-trump

"It first means to witness or testify to our faith. We primarily do this by our words and deeds, by teaching and evangelization. Its second and better-known meaning is to lay down one’s life. Very few live out this form of martyrdom. But some do. Pretti did. ...

In 1971, when Pope Paul VI preached at the beatification of Kolbe, he spoke of him as 'a martyr of love.'"

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"Pope John Paul II affirmed this by declaring the new category of 'martyrs for charity.'

Both popes taught that such martyrs remind us of the central Christian truth that we are all called to lay down our lives for others. That is what Pretti did.

Consider what we know about the man himself."

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"Baptized into the faith as an infant, he attended Catholic grammar school and was formed by his experience in a Catholic Scouting troop where he earned a Light of Christ medal.

Pretti worked in an intensive-care unit, caring for people with life-threatening illnesses or injuries. Fr. Harry Tasto, who worked with Pretti as a hospital chaplain, preached that Pretti was known 'for his kindness and gentleness.'"

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"These are, notably, fruits of the Holy Spirit. In a powerful video clip recorded at the VA Hospital where Pretti worked, we see him speaking after the death of a veteran. He says that to keep our freedom we 'have to work at it, nurture it, protect it, and even sacrifice for it.' Spending his life in service of those in the ICU, he recognized that those in the Armed Services have given their lives for freedom."

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