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St. Romero

Bishop Oswaldo Escobar Aguilar, head of the Diocese of Chalatenango, El Salvador, talks about his book on St. Oscar Romero at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 24, 2021, accompanied by Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez. Bishop Escobar says St. Romero's journey toward sainthood teaches us that God always helps the truth triumph. (CNS photo/Rhina Guidos)

Faith

St. Romero's sainthood journey helps us see God's plan of justice

Bishop Oswaldo Escobar Aguilar|Mar 15, 2022|4 Min Read

Bishop Oswaldo Escobar of Chalatenango, El Salvador, poses March 17, 2021, in front of the diocesan cathedral with his recently published book about St. Oscar Romero. The book narrates the soft side of St. Romero in the agricultural diocese in northern El Salvador. (CNS photo/courtesy Diocese of Chalatenango)

From one shepherd to another: A Salvadoran bishop honors St. Romero in book

Rhina Guidos|Mar 23, 2021|3 Min Read

Priests from the Diocese of Chalatenango, El Salvador, including Bishop Oswaldo Escobar Aguilar, middle, gathered to celebrate Mass May 14, 2019, at the site of the Sumpul River massacre. More than 600 residents of the department of Chalatenango in northern El Salvador drowned or were shot by government forces May 14, 1980, in a region battered during the country's 12-year civil conflict. (CNS photo/ Courtesy of Roberto Rivas, Diocese of Chalatenango)

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Salvadoran church, survivors mark 40th anniversary of river massacre

Rhina Guidos|May 13, 2020|6 Min Read

St. Oscar Romero is pictured in an undated photo in San Salvador, El Salvador. (CNS photo/Equipo Maiz, courtesy CAFOD, Just One World)

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Forty years after his martyrdom, St. Romero influences U.S. church

Rhina Guidos|Mar 24, 2020|6 Min Read

Retired Bishop Eduardo Alas Alfaro, a Salvadoran prelate and contemporary of St. Oscar Romero, died Feb. 27, 2020, at age 89. He is pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Carmen Lara)

World

Once an unlikely candidate for the priesthood, Salvadoran bishop dies at 89

Rhina Guidos|Feb 27, 2020|4 Min Read

A mural in El Paisnal, El Salvador, seen in this Jan. 29 photo, features Blessed Oscar Romero and town native Father Rutilio Grande, surrounded by rural men, women and children, the community the Jesuit Father Grande served from 1972 until his March 12, 1977, assassination. Father Grande spoke of his dream of a communal table where everyone, including the poor, had a place to eat and a right to have a say in matters that affected them. (CNS photo/Rhina Guidos)

World

Pope clears way for beatification of Salvadoran Jesuit, companions

Rhina Guidos|Feb 22, 2020|5 Min Read

Salvadoran Bishop Oswaldo Escobar Aguilar greets parishioners at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart following Mass in Washington Nov. 10, 2019. At 51, Bishop Escobar is El Salvador's youngest bishop and one greatly influenced by the country's St. Oscar Romero and his devotion to the poor. (CNS photo/Rhina Guidos)

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Behind a gentle Salvadoran bishop, a legacy in defense of the poor

Rhina Guidos|Dec 5, 2019|6 Min Read

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