More than a little late to recognized Oscar Romero and by association, "liberation theology" (Romero was slain March 24, 1980). Had this truth be recognized in the global community sooner perhaps the insuing 38 years of US invervention rolling back and crushing authentic socialist reform in latin america resulting in the resurgence of bloodthirsty military dictatorships with American aid could have been avoided.
On Sunday in the Vatican, Pope Francis will officially make Romero a saint nearly three decades after he was martyred by an assassin’s bullet to the heart. But for many Salvadoran Roman Catholic devotees who already know him as “Saint Romero of the Americas” that will only formalize something they have long known in their hearts.
“He was a great man. He already was a saint,” said Jose David Santos, 73, in a recent interview before traveling to Rome along with 5,000 other Salvadorans to be present for the canonization.
“He was a great example of humility,” Santos added, clad in a white shirt with Romero’s face imprinted on it. “He professed love for the poor man. He denounced injustices. He defended victims. He criticized the violence of the military and of the guerrillas.”
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