
Oscar Romero – In Life and Death his Blood was “a Seed of Freedom.”
“A bishop will die, but the Church which is the people will never perish.” Those words of Archbishop Oscar Romero proved prophetic. He was shot to death on March 24, 1980 while celebrating Mass at a chapel near his cathedral. The previous day he had preached a sermon calling on soldiers to disobey orders that violated human rights. Almost nine months after Romero’s assassination, four Maryknoll nuns … Continue reading Oscar Romero – In Life and Death his Blood was “a Seed of Freedom.”