Tuesday, April 23, 2013

THE CAUSE FOR THE SAINTHOOD OF ARCHBISHOP OSCAR ROMERO UNBLOCKED.............

The priest who is the postular, the primary advocate for the cause of the beatification and canonization of Archbishop Oscar Romero, of San Salvador, El Salvador; assassinated in 1980, as he was celebrating Mass in a hospital chapel announced on Sunday the effort has been unblocked.  Pope Francis has indicated his support for proceeding with the process which was begun in 1993, but was put on hold from 2000-2005, and has been slowed by concerns over the theological and moral legitimacy of some of +Romero's preaching and teaching in light of Liberation Theology.  Fiercely devoted to serving the poor, persecuted, and marginalized, in the volatile and politically contentious Central and South America that affected El Salvador almost forty years ago, his prophetic and faithful witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the need for social and economic justice, ultimately cost him his life and made him a martyr.  As a proposed candidate for sainthood as a martyr, no miracles need to be attributed to him in order to be canonized.  Therefore, the announcement of the postulator that the causes can go forward unblocked is very good news and a highly hopeful sign that the life and ministry of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the betterment for the People of God he ministered to with fidelity to Jesus Christ will go forward to him being declared blessed and then a saint, unfettered by politics and personal disagreement.............Fr.  Troy

2 comments:

Pat Henning Sr., Deacon said...

Major coup!

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