Martyr, João Bosco Burnier SJ died Oct 11 1976. His bishop, who was at his side, Dom Pedro Casaldaliga, died this year. #Amazonia
#MartyroftheAmazon. On Oct 11 1976 Joao Bosco Burnier, a Jesuit priest in Brazil, was shot by police in a small village in Mato Grosso, where he had gone with his prophetic bishop, Dom Pedro Casaldaliga, to protest the arrest and torture of two peasant women.
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