Anacleto told the young man, "No, brother, now is not the hour to confess, but to request pardon and to pardon our enemies. God is a Father and not a judge, the One who gives you hope. Your own blood will purify you". Luis knelt down in prayer, as the executioners' bullets riddled his prostrate body. See also Cristero War Rafael Guízar Valencia List of canonizations Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War References External links Homily of Pope John Paul II from Canonization Mass 1926 in Mexico 1927 in Mexico 2000 in Mexico Cristero War Cristero War, Saints of the Cristero War Lists of Mexican people Martyred Roman Catholic priests Executed Mexican people People executed by Mexico Mexican Roman Catholic priests Cristero War, Saints of the Groups of Roman Catholic saints 20th-century Christian saints Martyred groups Lists of saints Beatifications by Pope John Paul II Canonizations by Pope John Paul II 1926 in Christianity 1927 in Christianity 2000 in Christianity Indigenous Roman Catholic saints of the Americas Victims of anti-Catholic violence in Mexico