About the Author

Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez (15 August 1917 - 24 March 1980) was a bishop of the Catholic Church in El Salvador, and declared a martyr by Pope Francis on 3 February 2015. Romero spoke out against poverty, social injustice, assassinations and torture.and in 1980, after attending an Opus Dei recollection, Romero was assassinated while offering Mass. Romero will be beatified on Saturday, 23 May 2015 in San Salvador.