Salvadoran Bishops Eager for Romero Canonization

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ZENIT:

Salvadoran Bishops Eager for Romero Canonization

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, JAN. 26, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The episcopal conference of El Salvador has expressed to Benedict XVI its hopes for the canonization of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero.

Archbishop Romero was assassinated March 24, 1980, when celebrating Mass. He was a staunch critic of the El Salvadorian government and defender of the poor.
Auxiliary Bishop Gregorio Rosa Chávez of San Salvador reported in a parish publication that the bishops decided at their first meeting of 2010 to make an appeal to the Holy Father.

On Sunday, Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas of San Salvador announced that the Church would begin the commemorative events of the 30th anniversary of Archbishop Romero’s death with days of reflection.

He also exhorted Salvadorans to pray and promote “private devotion” to stimulate the process of Archbishop Romero’s beatification, and called for respect for the figure of the murdered archbishop so as not to affect the process.
“I would like to call us to prayer. …] if some one is canonized, it is because God wills it,” the archbishop affirmed.

The article is a little dated but today is the anniversary if Archbishop Romero’s martyrdom. I’ve always admired +Romero and I hope his cause goes forward.
I notice a lot of people mistakenly identify him with Liberation Theology (including Wikipedia) but he was a supporter of Josemaria Escriva, the founder of Opus Dei.

 

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I certainly hope to see Archbishop Romero canonized within my lifetime. He most certainly was a martyr for the faith.