A “Voice for the Voiceless”: Pope Makes Archbishop Oscar Romero a Saint

The Pope has made Óscar Romero, a modern human rights figure, a saint.  Romero served as the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador. He spoke out against poverty, social injustice, assassinations, and military repression. Romero was assassinated while holding mass in the chapel of the Hospital of Divine Providence. Investigations by the United Nations-created Truth Commission for El Salvador concluded that an extreme right-wing leader, Roberto D’Aubuisson, had given the order to kill Romero.

NPR offered some background about Archbishop Romero and his place in human rights history.

For analysis of the canonization of Archbishop Romero

For analysis of Romero’s canonization, click here. 

Here is Romero’s last sermon as depicted in the file “Romero”:

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