On March 24, 1980, Óscar Arnulfo Romero was murdered by the order of the Salvadorian government from a single shot to the heart while officiating the Eucharist. Romero lived publicly with his people. He also died publicly for his people. Bishop Romero walked with the poor and oppressed, proclaiming in word and deed that another world was possible. His denunciations against the injustices in El Salvador –under the auspices of the government and approving hand of the empire- echoed a most literal confrontation with the principalities and powers of the age. Both, his life and death witnessed the hope of resurrection. As he asserted, “As a Christian, I don’t believe…
