Inside "American Martyr": The New Film on Blessed Stanley Rother – Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda – 08/14/2026

The Catholic Morning Show · Aug 14, 2026 · 12m

Bo Bonner talks with author Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda about Blessed Stanley Rother ahead of the new documentary American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story, narrated by Martin Sheen and releasing in theaters August 25 and 26, 2026. Scaperlanda, whose biography The Shepherd Who Didn't Run helped bring Rother's story to national attention after his 2017 beatification, reflects on being part of the film and appearing in the drone footage of the crowd at the 2023 dedication of the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City. The two discuss Rother's path from a seminarian who once failed Latin to a…