The Mass of Beatification for Maria Pilar Gullón Yturriaga and two companions at Astorga Cathedral, Astorga, Spain, May 29, 2021. Credit: Diocese of Astorga.

His message was published ahead of the May 29 beatification of María Pilar Gullón Yturriaga, Octavia Iglesias Blanco and Olga Pérez-Monteserín Núñez at Astorga’s Santa Maria cathedral.

Pérez-Monteserín Núñez was born in Paris, the daughter of a Spanish painter, and pursued interests in art after the family returned to Astorga in 1920. All three answered an appeal for Red Cross ...