Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Goldamez was born in 1917 in the town of Cindad Barrios, in the mountains of El Salvador near the border with Honduras. He was murdered on 24 March 1980, this has become his feast day. He was canonised in 2018.
For a comprehensive insight into the work, writings and life of Saint Oscar Romero go to the Archbishop Romero Trust
Romero’s words “ I am bound, as a pastor, by divine command to give my life for those whom I love, and that is all Salvadorans, even those who are going to kill me. “
These words appeared in a newspaper just two weeks before Archbishop Romero was shot while celebrating the Eucharist.
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