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…
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Saint Romero of the Americas
Share This: On October 14, 2018, Pope Francis canonized Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero as a saint. The bishop was murdered on March 24, 1980, by orders of the government from a single shot to the heart while officiating the Eucharist. He was declared “saint” for the love for God and humanity. He was declared “saint” for the miracle of his sustained, passionate, self-giving and life-giving love for God and justice gifted to the impoverished and dehumanized masses in El Salvador. It only took three years. On February 22, 1977, a few weeks after being named archbishop, Romero saw one of his friends, Rutilio Grande S.J., executed by the death squads. From that…
