St. Martin De Porres a saint for our times Patron of Social Justice and Patron for Ethical Medical Research?...

St Martin de Porres - Patron of Social Justice
By Angela M. Orsini

On May 6, 1962, three hundred and twenty-three years after Martin's death, Pope John XXIII canonized St. Martin de Porres in Rome. We may wonder why there is such a delay, but God works in His own way, not ours. Perhaps it was because the Second Vatican Council was underway, which would result in vast changes enabling a heightened understanding and appreciation for the spiritual life in the Catholic Church. Perhaps it was because the Civil Rights movement was making strides in the United States to bring about an awareness of the equality and contribution of Black Americans. Perhaps this why St. Martin de Porres was canonized, to serve as a Christian model to show that an illegitimate mulatto, relegated to a lowly position in the 16th and 17th century Peruvian society, transcended the prejudice and labored in the fields of the Lord and changed the world around him.

Also St. Martin De Porres did not want a cure for his life threatening illness and he stated that he did not want a "creature to die so he may live"...

Maybe we can petition St. Martin on behalf of the many children killed whose stem cells are being used for research... Only adult stem cells have found cures thus far. I imagine that St. Martin would be appalled of this practice of using stem cells for research today!