Saint
Saint Óscar Romero
- Country / origin
- El Salvador
- Life
- 1917–1980
- Feast
- 24 March
- Canonised
- 2018
Awaiting theological review
Who was this?
Archbishop of San Salvador, who spoke out for the poor and against violence. He was shot while celebrating Mass.
Patron of
- human rights
- the poor
- the persecuted
- justice
- martyrs
When to ask for intercession
- in the face of injustice, violence and persecution
- when the vulnerable must be defended
A short prayer
Saint Óscar Romero, give me courage to defend human dignity without abandoning the Gospel of peace.
Written for Lumen as a simple personal prayer of intercession — not a liturgical text.
What are you living through today?
- Religious persecution
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