Today is the anniversary of the assassination of Bishop Oscar
Romero.
http://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/romero.html
From Wikipedia:
Óscar Arnulfo Romero y
Galdámez (August
15, 1917 – March
24, 1980), commonly known
as Monseñor Romero, was a bishop of
the Roman
Catholic Church in El
Salvador. He became the fourth Archbishop
of San Salvador, succeeding the Luis
Chávez y González.
As archbishop, he
witnessed ongoing violations of human
rights and started a group which spoke out on behalf of
the poor and victims of
the country's civil war. Chosen
as archbishop for his conservatism, once in office he embraced a
nonviolent form ofliberation
theology, a position which led to comparisons
with Mahatma
Gandhi and Martin Luther
King. In 1980, he was assassinated by
El Salvadoran government troops as he held the consecrated host up
during a Mass. This provoked international outcry for reform in El
Salvador. After his assassination, Romero was succeeded by
Msgr.Arturo Rivera
y Damas.
In 1997, a cause for beatification and canonization into sainthood was
opened for Romero, and Pope John Paul
II bestowed upon him the title of Servant of God.
The process continues.[1] He
is considered by some the unofficial patron
saint of theAmericas and El Salvador and
is often referred to as "San Romero" by the
Catholic workers in El Salvador. Outside of Catholicism, Romero is
honored by other religious
denominations of Christendom,
including the Church of
England through its Common Worship.
He is one of the ten 20th century martyrs who are depicted in
statues above the Great West Door of Westminster
Abbey, London.[2] In
2008, he was chosen as one of the 15 Champions of World Democracy
by the Europe-based magazine A Different
View.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Óscar_Romero