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Oscar Arnulfo Romero

" Remembering a Hero "

You can only describe him as a man of determination. Someone who demonstrates

extraordinary courage in the face of injustice and inhumanity. He had a resolute intent to do what is

right, true, and just, which made him the Archbishop that people remember and make movies about.

Because of him, the world was informed about basic human rights and dignities and how this was being

ignored in his country of El Salvador. He took it upon himself to use the church as a light of hope to

the oppressed and a challenge to the oppressors.

Oscar Romero was born in 1917 and taken away in 1980. He was appointed Archbishop in

1977. Before he served his term, the Church in Central America was being protested by two

political ideals. One was those priests who wanted non-confrontation with the Church and the state.

And those who thought the Church should have say in the government and what it was doing.

Romero was chosen because he was......

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