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Óscar Romero. Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) was a prelate of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, the Titular Bishop of Tambeae, as Bishop of Santiago de María, and finally as the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador.
Romero was ordained a priest and returned to El Salvador. He became famous for his sermons. He also did a lot of parish work like visiting prisons, organising catechism classes and working with others in the Church to provide help and food for the poor.
Aug 11, 2024 · Saint Oscar Romero, Salvadoran Roman Catholic archbishop who was a vocal critic of the violent activities of government armed forces, right-wing groups, and leftist guerrillas involved in El Salvador’s civil conflict.
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Beatified on 23 May 2015Centenary of his birth marked on 15 August 2017On 7 March 2018 Pope Francis approved a miracle attributed to him, clearing the way for Romero to be canonisedOfficially recognised as a saint in a ceremony on 14 October 2018Archbishop Romero was one of the most remarkable figures of the 20th century, who deserves to be commemorated alongside the likes of Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi as a peacemaker who sacrificed his life standing up to injustice. The world today desperately needs more figures like Romero – leaders with the courage, faith and love to stand up...
In February 2015, Pope Francis announced that Romero died as a martyr. The Pope’s proclamation followed a vote by theologians at the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints in January that Romero was killed in “hatred of the faith”. Oscar Romero was then beatified in El Salvador on 23 May 2015, becoming Blessed Oscar Romero. In a papal lett...
In the 1970s, CAFOD supported Romero’s famous radio broadcasts, which – at a time when the press was heavily censored – were often the only means by which people in El Salvador knew the truth about the atrocities occurring in their country. When Romero’s radio station was blown up, CAFOD provided funding to rebuild it. CAFOD also helped to fund the...
From 1980 to 1992, El Salvador suffered a violent civil war, in which about 70,000 people were killed. Inequality between the rich and the poor was one of the root causes of the war. Most Salvadorans lived in extreme poverty while a small number of families controlled much of the wealth and political power. Today, El Salvador is a more democratic c...
Jun 5, 2018 · With the help of supporting documents, the reader sees how Romero’s language cuts through doctrinaire slogans to the existential responsibility of a pastor for the vast majority of people held in...
Archbishop Romero was the priest who, together with his people, suffered injustice, repression, exploitation. He knew it was the poor and the oppressed who had to signal the path of the Church: this was his great choice.
Oct 10, 2018 · Archbishop Óscar Romero, who was shot and killed while celebrating Mass in 1980 in El Salvador, is to be canonised by Pope Francis. Patsy McGarry. Wed Oct 10 2018 - 12:00. There is something ...
