Pope recognizes martyrdom of Archbishop Oscar Romero

Feb 3rd, 2015

Oscar Romero

Today Pope Francis received in a private audience Cardinal Angelo Amato, SDB, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, during which he authorised the Congregation to promulgate the Decree of Martyrdom for the Servant of God Oscar Arnulfo Romero Galdamez, archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador, who was killed 'in hatred of the faith' on 24 March 1980.

The Holy Father also authorised the Congregation to promulgate the Decree of Martyrdom for Servants of God Michal Tomaszek, and Zbigniew Strazalkowski, professed priests of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual who were killed in Poland in 1960 and 1958; and Alessandro Dordi, an Italian diocesan priest, who was killed in hatred of the faith in Peru in August 1991.

Servant of God Giovanni Bacile, Italian priest (1880-1941) was declared to have Heroic Virtues at the same meeting.

Source: VIS

See also: ICN 2 February 2015 Cardinal Vincent Nichols to preach in Romero Week www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=26622

For further information visit the Oscar Romero Trust website: www.romerotrust.org.uk/index.php?&nucFontSize=1

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