From New York to El Salvador, prayers for peace at Mass for St. Romero
Salvadoran Catholics gathered March 27 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York to honor the country’s saint, who defended life and human rights.
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by bcadmin | Mar 29, 2022 | Archbishop Oscar Romero, Archdiocese of New York, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, El Salvador, News, St. Patrick's Cathedral | 0 |
Salvadoran Catholics gathered March 27 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York to honor the country’s saint, who defended life and human rights.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 23, 2022 | Archbishop Oscar Romero, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Civil war, El Salvador, News, Peace agreement | 0 |
Feliz Maria Guardado walked near a ledge close to her home in the village of Los Calles Jan. 15 and pointed to a dirt road where townsfolk say they saw her brother, who couldn’t walk, dragged to his death by soldiers in 1982.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 26, 2021 | Archbishop Oscar Romero, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, El Salvador, News | 0 |
The COVID-19 pandemic put a damper on last year’s celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of St. Oscar Romero’s martyrdom.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 22, 2020 | Archbishop Oscar Romero, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, El Salvador, News | 0 |
The year 1980 was a bloody one for tiny El Salvador. In the early months of that year, Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, who had seen and heard of the disappearances and killings of civilians, was doing everything possible to avert a full-fledged war.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 21, 2020 | Archbishop Oscar Romero, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, El Salvador, News, saints and martyrs | 0 |
As the Catholic Church in El Salvador declared a jubilee year for its martyrs, whispers were already circulating, hinting at the possibility that the country would receive news from Rome of several new beatified Salvadorans this year.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 19, 2020 | Archbishop Oscar Romero, Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, El Salvador, News | 0 |
n life, El Salvador’s St. Oscar Romero had an open line of communication with the church in the United States, whose leaders and laity often supported the archbishop of San Salvador when he objected to military aid or training of the country’s government troops, paid for by U.S. taxpayer money.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 22, 2020 | Archbishop Oscar Romero, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Congregation for the Causes of Saints, El Salvador, Father Rutilio Grande, lead, martyrdom, News, saints and martyrs, Vatican | 0 |
The Vatican announced Feb. 22 that Pope Francis has recognized the martyrdom of a fellow Jesuit, Salvadoran Father Rutilio Grande, and two companions who were murdered en route to a novena in 1977 in El Salvador.
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