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    He begins to read aloud slowly: “Several years after murdering Archbishop Romero, Captain Álvaro Rafael Saravia resigned his military commission, abandoned his family and moved to California.” He is holding several pages, a copy of a newspaper article published five years ago. He adjusts his glasses—two large lenses sustained by a wire—. His nails are broken and dirty, his eyes wide and nervous. He rereads the first paragraph. “Several years after murdering Archbishop Romero, Captain Álvaro Rafael Saravia…”  He pauses to repeat a name he has not pronounced for a long time: “Captain Álvaro Rafael Saravia”.

    He raises his head and looks at me intently.

    —You wrote this, right?

    —Yes.

    —Well, it’s wrong.

    —Why?

    —It says here, “Several years after murdering Archbishop Romero.” And I didn’t kill him.

    —Who killed him, then?

    —Someone else.

    —A foreigner?

    —No. An indio, one of our own. He’s still out there somewhere.

    —You didn’t fire the gun, but you participated.

    —Thirty years and this is going to persecute me until I die. Of course I participated. That’s why we’re here talking. 

    His hands are worn by misery and field work. These hands have nothing in common with the Air Force pilot who became a

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    Óscar Romero

    Archbishop of San Salvador from 1977 to 1980

    For the Paraguayan footballer, see Óscar Romero (footballer). For the American soccer player, see Oscar Romero (soccer).

    In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Romero and the second or maternal family name is Galdámez.

    Saint


    Óscar Romero

    Romero in 1978 on a visit to Rome

    ChurchCatholic Church
    ArchdioceseSan Salvador
    Appointed3 February 1977
    Installed22 February 1977
    Term ended24 March 1980
    PredecessorLuis Chávez y González
    SuccessorArturo Rivera y Damas
    Other post(s)
    Ordination4 April 1942
    Consecration25 April 1970
    by Girolamo Prigione
    Born

    Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez


    (1917-08-15)15 August 1917

    Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel, El Salvador

    Died24 March 1980(1980-03-24) (aged 62)
    Chapel of Hospital de la Divina Providencia, San Salvador, El Salvador
    BuriedMetropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador, San Salvador
    DenominationCatholicism
    Signature
    Coat of arms
    Feast day24 March
    Venerated in
    Beatified23 May 2015
    Plaza El Salvador de Mundo, San Salvador, El Salvador
    by Angelo Amato, representing Pope Francis
    Canonized14 October 2018
    Saint Peter's Square, Vatican&#
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