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	Oscar Romero

	San Romero – a multi-lingual discussion group dedicated to Romero. Remembering Archbishop Oscar Romero (several contemporary and memorial articles gathered) Article on Romero, contains picture of Lentz icon Romero A description of the pursuit of justice for Oscar Romero Roanoke Catholic Ciudad Romero A Salvadoran town reborn and named for Oscar Romero. Morozzo della Rocca, Roberto. Primero Dios. Vita di Oscar Romero. Milan 2005: Mondadori. a Salt of the Earth at Victor Shepherd Foundation for Self-Sufficiency in Central America The Violence of Love As church, we have often been too afraid, too comfortable, too intimidated, too timid to name this sin of our world. Too often we as church have been part of creating this injustice, either by commission or omission, and this has caused us to fail in our duty to be prophetic. We donít want to be made uncomfortable. We don't want to give up the privileged places we often hold in our world, for we, too, have sometimes benefited from injustice. As church, we have often been too afraid, too comfortable, too intimidated, too timid to name this sin of our world. Too often we as church have been part of creating this injustice, either by commission or omission, and this has caused us to fail in our duty to be prophetic. We donít want to be made uncomfortable. We don't want to give up the privileged places we often hold in our world, for we, too, have sometimes benefited from injustice. Loving Christ, when our church, and we who are church, fail to address the structures that are at the roots of injustice and violence, when our church and we who are church react selfishly to any kind of change—for this we ask your mercy. -Oscar Romero "You say that you are Christian. If you are really Christian, please stop sending military aid to the military here, because they use it only to kill my people." (Letter to US President Jimmy Carter) 1821 Deckaired Independence 1838 Independent Republic 1930s to the 1970s, authoritarian governments supported by the US employed political repression 1980 Romero assasinated after having publicly urged the U.S. government not to provide military support to the El Salvadoran government 1986, the Human Rights Commission of El Salvador published 40 kinds of torture on political prisoners, and that U.S. servicemen often acted as supervisors 1990 United Nations became involved in an effort to mediate direct talks between the two sides

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