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NPR: talking about Monsignor Romero
Yesterday, during the News Brief, NPR hosts Noel King and Danny Hajek talked about Monsignor Romero’s role in El Salvador and they also featured his friend, Octavio Duran.
DANNY HAJEK: Well, Romero’s always been controversial, especially within the Catholic Church. He supported the poor. He was critical of the government. So he was accused of being a Communist, which he was not, but his cause for sainthood was stalled by the Vatican for years because of that. Vatican officials said he was too aligned with a theology that promoted the cause for social justice. But Pope Francis finally changed that. And this is huge for El Salvador. It’s a country with one of the highest murder rates in the world. So Oscar Romero’s words are just as relevant now as they were 38 years ago.
DANNY HAJEK: Romero siempre ha sido controversial, especialmente dentro de la iglesia católica. Él apoyaba a los pobres. Criticaba al gobierno. Así que fue acusado de ser comunista, y no era así, pero la causa para su santificación se mantuvo detenida en el vaticano por años por eso. Oficiales del vaticano decían que él estaba demasiado alineado a una teología que promovía la causa de la justicia social. Pero el papa Francisco finalmente cambió eso. Y esto es enorme para El Salvador. Es un país con una de las tasas más altas de homicidios en el mundo. Así que las palabras de Oscar Romero son tan relevantes hoy como lo eran hace 38 años.
You can hear and read the entire show here.
