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Traces the life of the Salvadoran archbishop who was assassinated while performing mass, and examines his accomplishments on behalf of the people of El Salvador
250 pages, Paperback
Published December 31, 1998
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October 9, 2021
It's official: I love St. Oscar Romero.
He was just a bishop who would be "ordinary" most of the time, but when he was put in hard circumstances, he was purified like in fire...and GOSH he did such a good job. <3 <3 <3 It literally seems like he was given the hardest job as a bishop--a country that was increasingly anti-Catholic, divided, and violent, a government that actively will not cooperate, AND fellow bishops who are divided against him. Plus, it's pretty soon post-Vatican II, so there's that whole thing. (If there's anything that endeared him to me most, it's his stance on Vatican II.)
So yeah, I love him muchly.
In terms of the *book*, I did think that it was a bit dry, with lots of quotations and geopolitical context. Not that it's not nice to know, but it was, like I said, a bit dry for a biography.
We'll say 3.5 stars, and I can't wait to learn more about St. Oscar Romero!
He was just a bishop who would be "ordinary" most of the time, but when he was put in hard circumstances, he was purified like in fire...and GOSH he did such a good job. <3 <3 <3 It literally seems like he was given the hardest job as a bishop--a country that was increasingly anti-Catholic, divided, and violent, a government that actively will not cooperate, AND fellow bishops who are divided against him. Plus, it's pretty soon post-Vatican II, so there's that whole thing. (If there's anything that endeared him to me most, it's his stance on Vatican II.)
So yeah, I love him muchly.
In terms of the *book*, I did think that it was a bit dry, with lots of quotations and geopolitical context. Not that it's not nice to know, but it was, like I said, a bit dry for a biography.
We'll say 3.5 stars, and I can't wait to learn more about St. Oscar Romero!
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