SAN SALVADOR – It’s as if Joyce Valencia could still hear Saint Oscar Romero’s voice. “I met him when I was a little girl,” the 61-year-old Salvadoran said. “We used to gather around our radio with ...

A religious procession honors Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero on Aug. 1 in San Salvador, El Salvador. The Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — It’s as if Joyce Valencia could still hear Saint Oscar ...

Mercy Sr. Ana María Pineda, a theologian at Santa Clara University, spoke to NCR about the friendship between Archbishop Óscar Romero and Jesuit Fr. Rutilio Grande, about Romero's spiritual life and ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Wednesday marks the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Msgr. Oscar ...

Óscar Romero (Raul Julia), the archbishop of San Salvador, stands in the church of an occupied town. Heavily armed soldiers are using the church as a garrison, a twist on the moneylenders Jesus ...

In the 1970s, as El Salvador moved irrevocably closer to civil war, one man was known as the voice of the poor, the disenfranchised, the disappeared. Appointed Archbishop in 1977, Monsenor Oscar ...

In the 1970s, El Salvador was controlled by Gen. Carlos Humberto Romero whose disregard for the poor was unconscionable. Thankfully, his grip on power could not protect him from staunch resistance by ...

According to data collected by the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), the Central America-Mexico migration corridor is the largest and most critical in the world. Bishops of Central America, ...

This lecture revisits the life and ministry of Archbishop Romero 40 years after he was shot and killed as he celebrated Mass in a hospital in San Salvador. The presentation enlists the most recent ...

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