Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Pope lifts beatification ban on Salvadoran Oscar Romero

From The BBC-

For years, the Roman Catholic Church blocked the process because of concerns that he had Marxist ideas.

An outspoken critic of the military regime during El Salvador's bloody civil war, Archbishop Romero was shot dead while celebrating Mass in 1980.

Beatification, or declaring a person "blessed", is the necessary prelude to full sainthood.

The bishop was one of the main proponents of Liberation Theology - an interpretation of Christian faith through the perspective of the poor.


More here-

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-28845998

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