{"id":34587,"date":"2018-05-25T16:21:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T16:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimdev8.com\/?p=34587"},"modified":"2018-05-25T18:38:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T18:38:10","slug":"oscar-romero-to-be-recognised-as-saint-of-universal-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidethevatican.com\/news\/oscar-romero-to-be-recognised-as-saint-of-universal-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Romero to be recognised as saint of Universal Church"},"content":{"rendered":"
Julian Filochowski, chair of the Archbishop Romero Trust, looks ahead to the canonization of the saint from El Salvador, alongside the pope who gave him unconditional support<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n
A consistory of cardinals took place here in the Vatican on Saturday during which the canonisation of six new saints was officially announced.<\/p>\n
Of those six names, the two best known figures are\u00a0Pope Paul VI\u00a0and the assassinated\u00a0Archbishop of San Salvador, Oscar Romero. The two men will be proclaimed saints on 14 October during the Synod of Bishops on young people.<\/p>\n
Romero was shot dead on March 24th<\/sup>\u00a01980 as he was saying Mass in the cancer hospital in El Salvador where he had chosen to live. In his three years as archbishop, he had become an outspoken voice for the poorest people of his country, caught up in a conflict between the military government and guerilla groups that claimed tens of thousands of civilian lives.<\/p>\n
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Today, Romero is widely acclaimed as a saint and martyr across the Christian world and beyond. Last year the former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams preached at a special Evensong, in Westminster Abbey, attended by leaders of many faith groups in the United Kingdom The service included a new anthem written by Scottish composer James MacMillan to mark the centenary of Romero\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n