This month, a flood of pilgrims will make their way to the small town of Ciudad Barrios in El Salvador. They will be celebrating the centenary of Blessed Oscar Romero, who was born there on the Feast of the Assumption, August 15, 1917. There will be thanksgiving for Romero’s life and prophetic ministry, and fervent
Assassination of a Saint by Matt Eisenbrandt, University of California, £18.99 He was born on the feast of the Assumption, August 15, 1917 – so this year marks the centenary of Blessed Oscar Romero’s birth. There is a widespread and realistic expectation that it will also be the year of his canonisation. In consequence, there
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