I was a Jesuit Novice when Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated on March 24, 1980. I was on experiment at a retreat house near Cincinnati. I was working with a fellow novice, an American who had spent time in El Salvador before entering the Novitiate.
Because of Joe’s background, I heard plenty about Romero in those days immediately after his brutal death as he celebrated the Eucharist.
In May 2015 Archbishop Romero was canonized. There are people who are not in favour of the declaration of sainthood in his case. There have been constant obstacles and delays, starting with the powerful in El Salvador and including many who had concerns that he seemed too tied up with liberation theology.