Romero a saint on our very very small list that we venerate

St. Óscar Romero reminds us—especially on Pentecost—of the hard work of being church. The Holy Spirit provides access to divine power to uproot sin, denounce what degrades & deprives, announce a vision of community grounded in equal dignity, mutual respect, and co-responsibility. pic.twitter.com/g1fz6MpH4e

— Marcus Mescher (@marcusmescher) May 23, 2021

Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) was a prelate of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. He served as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of San Salvador, as bishop of Santiago de María, and finally as the fourth archbishop of San Salvador. As archbishop, Romero spoke out against social injustice and violence amid the escalating conflict between the military government and left-wing insurgents that led to the Salvadoran Civil War. In 1980, Romero was shot by an assassin while celebrating mass. Though no one was ever convicted for the crime, investigations by the UN-created Truth Commission for El Salvador concluded that Major Roberto D’Aubuisson, founder of the right-wing ARENA political party, had ordered the killing.

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