I know what you’re up to and I want it to stop.
The hard-left “Progressive” has a glowing story of beloved new ‘martyr’ Archbishop Oscar Romero, chastened by the Church for radical Liberation Theology and soon to be blessed in the new FrancisChurch.
While in the capital, leading the church, he gained incredible spiritual strength to defend the poor and the voiceless. Millions would listen to his homilies on radio.
The people who truly embraced Romero were the poor campesinos who attended his mass and those who had the privilege to get to know him when he would visit their villages. Romero came from a middle-class background but he purposely chose to live a humble life.
Every priest makes humble choices and many sacrifices, unless of course they rise into the new hierarchy. Then they must make token visible gestures, like selling off residences and discretely living in apartment buildings, carrying old suitcases, wearing brown shoes, and driving Fords.
Romero was not afraid to die. He was a valiant man who did not accept bodyguards. He consciously chose to give his life for the poor.
But he was very afraid of the demons that were being unleashed upon the Salvadoran populace. He knew much blood would be spilled. He even risked his life by having a dialogue with the guerrilla leaders, asking them to avoid using violence. He tried everything in his power to stop the oncoming bloodbath.
What is a demon? Is it an actual demon or someone who’s not ‘the poor’ and kills? Did you know ‘having a dialogue’ risked one’s life? I thought that was always a peace thing?
Before his assassination, Romero visited Pope John Paul II, who snubbed Romero. Romero was deliberately made to wait an inordinate amount of time and relegated to a long line to meet the pope. The pope chastised Romero and ordered him to stop speaking up for the rights of the poor and involving himself in political issues.
Romero returned heartbroken to El Salvador. But he still continued to denounce the regime’s human rights abuses and killings. He made up his mind that he would give his life for the persecuted Salvadoran people, even if the Vatican refused to acknowledge the atrocities.
It’s important to remember that the Liberation Theology pro-Communist front hates the Catholic Church establishment and everything it represents. Who did Pope John Paul think he was to correct Oscar Romero when all he did was love the poor and offer them his life! Romero was heartbroken!
Who was right, the Pope who told Romero to stay out of politics, or the one who is canonizing him and calling him a martyr because he died for those politics? It can’t be both. What kind of NewChurch is this?
Even if Romero did die because he cared about the oppression of the poor, is that a martyr, or is it just a so-called good deed doer? St. Stephen died for Christ. Romero died supposedly at the hands of those ‘demons’ in the government.
Ironically, the same church that turned its back on Romero is all set to venerate him. The Catholic Church formally beatified Romero on May 23 in San Salvador, one step short of sainthood.
He fed the poor, clothed them, and he spoke up for them, knowing that he would possibly be killed. In fact, the miracle is that Romero has been now recognized as an international hero by the Catholic Church, when before he was demonized by many of his fellow clergy. Finally, the church is atoning for its sins toward him.
Everything is a miracle: feeding the poor, clothing the poor, speaking about them a lot – all miracles, and the biggest miracle is that the notorious Catholic Church is calling Romero a hero and ready to canonize him?!
In the new ‘ever forward’ FrancisChurch, it’s Oscar Romero who is a saint and the Catholic Church who is the sinner. “We must atone,” the Progressive magazine rants, and we are.
Thank you for this post! I hadn’t realized just how good and saintly a man was Archbishop Romero! I wonder if his murderers were ever found and punished?
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