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Article: Oscar Romero: uncanonized saint of the Americas.(Editorial)
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- Catholic New Times
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- March 20, 2005
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"It is as much as certain that after this pope, Oscar Romero will be canonized as a saint."
--Rembert Weakland, retired archbishop of Milwaukee
With this issue we celebrate the 25th anniversary (March 24, 2005) of the murder of Archbishop Oscar Romero, the uncanonized saint of the Americas.
CNT has long championed the late martyred archbishop, not only as an epicscopal template for our times, but also as a lens through which we can view lamentable changes in the Roman Catholic church. Romero acts as a bridge between the church of promise, the unfulfilled hope of the Second Vatican Council and the failed restoration of Pope John Paul II.
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