Oscar Romero was a brave Catholic Bishop in El Salvador in an environment where public religious celebrations were considered rebellious, and speaking your mind meant defying the government and risking execution. Romero saw nothing but to defend his clergy and he greatly disagreed with acts done by the government. However, after he had seen so many of his fellow pastor brothers murdered because they preached of the injustices within El Salvador to the people in states of poverty, who had been continually oppressed by the wealthy landowners and government, his thoughts of the role of the church changed. He felt he could no longer let the government brutality and the divisions of the social and economical injustices go on within his country.

Through preaching and nonviolent actions, Oscar Romero made it clear that he wanted ...

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