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Pedro Ballester

Meet Pedro Ballester: An Englishman with a cause

Edgar Beltrán
May 28, 2026
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The Diocese of Salford in England announced this month the opening of the canonization cause for Pedro Ballester Arenas, who died of cancer in 2018 at 21 years of age.

Pedro Ballester Arenas. Courtesy photo.

Ballester was born in Manchester to a Spanish family and asked for admission as an Opus Dei numerary in 2013, receiving a devastating cancer diagnosi…

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