Finally, Oscar Romero, Archbishop emeritus of San Salvador, will be Beatified this coming Saturday.
The Church and government in El Salvador are preparing for the beatification ceremony. Local sources say some 250,000 people, more than 12 heads of state and a security system will be present - something that has never been seen before in the capital of San Salvador. The beatification will be held at the Plaza Las Americas, with the statue of the capital's patron saint, El Salvador del Mundo, present.
In recent days, El Salvador prepares for one of the most important days of its history has become one of the most circulated headlines in the nation's capital.
We have waited 35 years, said a woman who every day took part in the Mass celebrated at the tomb of Archbishop Romero.
Parish communities and Catholic movements are getting ready to participate, starting with a pilgrimage on Friday at 4 p.m. which will begin at the Cathedral and travel to the chapel where the martyred archbishop’s tomb is located. On Saturday, more than 1,100 priests will gather in the seminary where Romero studied.
Among the suggested activities for the centennial are a series of lectures on the life of the Blessed, to be held in public and private schools. Archbishop José Luis Escobar of San Salvador, said this initiative intends to pass on the message of love and unity offered by Romero to his people.
The Church also wishes to restore the Y.S.A.X. radio The Pan-American Voice, through which Archbishop Romero broadcasted his homilies which reached all people. For this reason, the radio station suffered two bomb attacks against its facilities in 1980.
Caritas Internationalis, the Church's international charity organization, adopted the Salvadoran priest as a third patron at the close of its general assembly.
Archbishop Romero spoke out against the Revolutionary Government Junta’s, especially their repressing of human rights. While celebrating Mass at a local chapel on March 24, 1980, the Salvadoran prelate was assassinated.
In 1990, his cause for canonization began. In 1997, Pope John Paul II formally accepted it, but then the process slowed after the Polish Pope’s death. After Pope Benedict XVI's election, several liturgical changes to the Congregation of the Causes of Saints further delayed the cause.
In February 2015, Pope Francis cleared the path for Archbishop Romero's canonization.
The Church and government in El Salvador are preparing for the beatification ceremony. Local sources say some 250,000 people, more than 12 heads of state and a security system will be present - something that has never been seen before in the capital of San Salvador. The beatification will be held at the Plaza Las Americas, with the statue of the capital's patron saint, El Salvador del Mundo, present.
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In recent days, El Salvador prepares for one of the most important days of its history has become one of the most circulated headlines in the nation's capital.
We have waited 35 years, said a woman who every day took part in the Mass celebrated at the tomb of Archbishop Romero.
Parish communities and Catholic movements are getting ready to participate, starting with a pilgrimage on Friday at 4 p.m. which will begin at the Cathedral and travel to the chapel where the martyred archbishop’s tomb is located. On Saturday, more than 1,100 priests will gather in the seminary where Romero studied.
Among the suggested activities for the centennial are a series of lectures on the life of the Blessed, to be held in public and private schools. Archbishop José Luis Escobar of San Salvador, said this initiative intends to pass on the message of love and unity offered by Romero to his people.
The Church also wishes to restore the Y.S.A.X. radio The Pan-American Voice, through which Archbishop Romero broadcasted his homilies which reached all people. For this reason, the radio station suffered two bomb attacks against its facilities in 1980.
Caritas Internationalis, the Church's international charity organization, adopted the Salvadoran priest as a third patron at the close of its general assembly.
Archbishop Romero spoke out against the Revolutionary Government Junta’s, especially their repressing of human rights. While celebrating Mass at a local chapel on March 24, 1980, the Salvadoran prelate was assassinated.
In 1990, his cause for canonization began. In 1997, Pope John Paul II formally accepted it, but then the process slowed after the Polish Pope’s death. After Pope Benedict XVI's election, several liturgical changes to the Congregation of the Causes of Saints further delayed the cause.
In February 2015, Pope Francis cleared the path for Archbishop Romero's canonization.
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