Topic > Oscar Romero: School of the Americans - 873

Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez was a bishop of the Catholic Church of El Salvador. He turned out to be the fourth archbishop of San Salvador after Luis Chavez in February 1977. Monsignor Romero was born on August 15, 1917 and died on March 24, 1980 in El Salvador. In his youth he was accepted into the minor seminary of San Miguel at the age of thirteen, then he was also accepted into the national seminary of San Salvador but had the opportunity to finish his studies at the Gregorian University of Rome where he obtained a Licentiate in Theology. Then Romero remained in Italy to finish his doctorate in Theology. Romero returned to El Salvador and saw the economic and social situation that Salvadorans were going through. The government during this time was very cruel to Salvadorans and was the government of Marxism. During his visit to Europe Romero received an honorary doctorate, met Pope John Paul II and expressed his feelings about what was happening in his country. Romero argued that it is very problematic to be in favor of the Salvadoran government because there is a lot of terrorism and murder. Romero was a great defender of Salvadoran rights; For the poor, Romero was their voice with which he spoke for them. The people who held the power were the Marxist government, the National Guard of El Salvador, and the wealthy people of El Salvador. Since his main purpose as Archbishop of San Salvador was to take care of anyone who needed his help, he also gave Salvadorans the faith and belief they needed. In February 1977, those in power were many Salvadorans who protested against the government because they wanted "A real election, a free elected... in the middle of the paper... so those at the end were against Romero disrespecting God's law they kill him again on March 24, 1980. Many Salvadorans decide not to listen to Romero in which between 1980 and 1989 more than 60,000 Salvadorans were still killed. But as a good fighter for freedom and respect he moves forward. In conclusion, in my opinion, Romero was and still is a great example for many of us, even if you may not be from El Salvador. He is part of many of those who fought for our human rights and who are still a great example to look up to. To this day we must be very grateful for these extraordinary actions of the hero, who helped the necessary people, regardless of what or what will happen in his life. The best way to reciprocate all the effort of this hero is to be better people every day and may discrimination and injustice end very soon.