Oscar Romero
In Central America, Kamala Harris ignored our best hope: Catholic bishops
By Thomas Reese — June 23, 2021
(RNS) — Vice President Kamala Harris made a huge mistake by not meeting with Catholic bishops during her visit to Central America. The bishops could be the administration’s strongest ally in fighting the corruption, crime and poverty that cause people to flee to the United States.
After another priest is killed in El Salvador, local clergy ask ‘who will be next?’
By Claire Giangravé — August 18, 2020
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A Catholic priest was found dead near his car Aug. 7 in El Salvador, the most recent in a pattern of clergy killings in the country over the past 50 years.
Lives of love: Pope Francis canonizes Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Romero
By Thomas Reese — October 15, 2018
(RNS) — Canonizing two of his favorite people, Pope Francis showcases the man who brought Vatican II to a conclusion and the man who was martyred for defending human rights and the poor.
Pope’s canonization of Paul VI, Romero personal, political
By Nicole Winfield — October 13, 2018
(AP) — The two towering figures will be canonized along with five others in a ceremony designed to show that holiness can be attained in all walks of life.
Archbishop Oscar Romero was gunned down inside his own church 38 years ago. Soon he’ll become El Salvador’s first saint.
By Michael E. Lee — March 24, 2018
(The Conversation) — On March 23, 1980, Romero concluded his Sunday sermon with an appeal to Salvadoran soldiers to cease killing their fellow citizens. He was killed the next day.
Pope approves sainthood for slain Salvadoran Archbishop Romero
By Nicole Winfield — March 7, 2018
(AP) — Francis unblocked Romero’s stalled sainthood case at the start of his pontificate and declared him a martyr in 2015.
Case of slain Archbishop Romero reopened by judge in El Salvador
By Gerardo Arbaiza — May 19, 2017
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) Romero, then archbishop of San Salvador, was shot dead in 1980 by a right-wing death squad as he celebrated Mass in a hospital chapel.
Pope denounces clergy who criticized slain Salvadoran bishop Oscar Romero
By Reuters — October 31, 2015
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) Francis, the first Latin American pope, unblocked Romero's sainthood process shortly after his election in March 2013. It had been stalled because church leaders saw Romero as having been too close to Liberation Theology.
Former rebels, devout cheer as Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero beatified
By Reuters — May 26, 2015
A right-wing death squad murdered Romero, a staunch critic of the military government and advocate for peasants and workers' rights, 35 years ago.
What would Oscar Romero say today about El Salvador? (COMMENTARY)
By Timothy Kesicki — May 19, 2015
(RNS) “On this point there is no possible neutrality. We either serve the life of Salvadorans or we are accomplices in their death. … We either believe in a God of life or we serve the idols of death.”
The ‘Splainer: Martyr or terrorist? It depends …
By Kimberly Winston — February 24, 2015
(RNS) One man's martyr can be another man's terrorist. Here's what's behind lionizing the dead.
Pope Francis declares Oscar Romero a martyr, moves slain archbishop toward sainthood
By David Gibson — February 3, 2015
(RNS) Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, has often said he thought the slain archbishop was a martyr worthy of consideration for sainthood.
Oscar Romero declared a martyr as Vatican inches him toward sainthood
By Josephine McKenna — January 9, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Romero's sainthood cause languished amid lingering Vatican suspicion of Liberation Theology, which flourished under Romero and was suppressed by both Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
Vatican says no movement (yet) on sainthood for Oscar Romero
By Josephine McKenna — May 15, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Fans of slain Archbishop Oscar Romero want Pope Francis to declare him a martyr and place him on the path to sainthood, but Vatican officials say no official action has been taken yet.
Liberation theology finds new welcome in Pope Francis’ Vatican
By Alessandro Speciale — September 9, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The revival of liberation theology under Pope Francis is remarkable about-face for a movement that swelled in popularity but was later stamped out by the conservative pontificates of John Paul II and his longtime doctrinal czar, Benedict XVI.
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