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Politics & SocietyFaith
(Because, you know, Romero wasn't political.)
Politics & SocietyColumns
Archbishop Oscar Romero had as many enemies in death as in life.
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If for a second Óscar Romero had glanced through the open doors of the chapel, would he have seen the young man taking aim? Would he have been afraid? Would he have been tempted to flee?
An outspoken champion for the people who were suffering during El Salvador's brutal civil war, Romero, the archbishop of San Salvador, was murdered on March 24, 1980.