LowerCaseRepublican Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070721/ap_on_...vyMYL7EM423IxIF SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - The Salvadoran government said Friday it will ask the Vatican to beatify slain Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, but it will not accept responsibility in his 1980 killing. ADVERTISEMENT Security and Justice Vice Minister Astor Escalante announced the decision during a meeting with supporters of the archbishop at the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights' offices in Washington late Wednesday . Deputy Foreign Minister Eduardo Calix confirmed the decision Friday in an interview with The Associated Press in El Salvador. "The state can't accept responsibility because there was a clear person responsible for the killing, and that person was tried," Escalante said. A Salvadoran court found former death squad member Alvaro Saravia guilty of fatally shooting Romero in the late 1980s. Saravia was released from prison with a 1993 amnesty after El Salvador's 1992 peace accords. Romero was assassinated in 1980 after he urged the military to halt death squads that killed thousands of suspected guerrillas and leftist opponents of the government. -- If it goes forward with sainthood, he'd be pretty deserving. And also, excellent film called "Romero" if anybody wants/needs to know more information about what he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Considering the current view of liberation theology within the Catholic church I would be shocked to see this go through. But I agree, he is a most deserving candidate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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