Father Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan beatified

Father Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan was beatified in the Basilica on the Lateran in Rome on Saturday.

This beatification was presided over by Cardinal Vicar of Rome, Angelo De Donatis.

Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan, who died in 1918, was a German Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Society of the Divine Savior, commonly called the Salvatorians.