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5 days ago · The "hospitalito" that was Archbishop Romero's haven. “La Croix” this summer has been touring shrines where people pray for peace. Today we visit a martyr's chapel in San Salvador. July 29th ...
Dec 22, 2016 · Presidencia El Salvador/Flickr. The relatively small chapel at the Hospital of Divine Providence was the site where Óscar Romero was assassinated while offering Mass on March 24, 1980. Even before his 2015 beatification, pilgrims came in a steady stream to this now historic site, but since then, the number has increased as more people around ...
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Oct 12, 2018 · Archbishop Óscar Romero stands outside the chapel of the Hospital de la Divina Providencia in San Salvador on Nov. 20, 1979. In March 1980, Patricia Morales Tijerino and her sister had just left ...
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. As archbishop, Romero spoke out against ...
May 10, 2012 · Most pilgrims to El Salvador find themselves visiting the hospital chapel and humble home of Monseñor Oscar Romero, whether guided there by their delegation leaders or by their own desire for inspiration. La Divina Providencia is first and foremost a hospital. It was founded by Sister Luz Isabel Cuevas who sought to shelter cancer patients who ...
Altar at the chapel of the Hospital de la Divina Providencia in San Salvador where Archbishop Oscar Romero was murdered while saying mass on 24 March 1980.
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Apr 23, 2010 · A nun clasps her hands in prayer as others gather around Archbishop Oscar Romero after he was shot at the altar while saying Mass in the chapel of Hospital Divina Providencia in San Salvador, El ...
