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  • 16 Nov 2011
    British-based Romero Trust wins Salvadorean honour

    El Salvador has bestowed the first 'Amigo de El Salvador' award on the London-based Archbishop Romero Trust, which vigorously advocates social justice.

  • 3 Apr 2011
    Obama's tribute to Archbishop Romero receives mixed press

    President Obama's visit to the tomb of the late Oscar Romero, the 'archbishop of the poor', assassinated 31 years ago, is getting mixed reviews.

  • 24 Mar 2011
    Living towards a future not our own

    Today is the 31st anniversary of the death of Archbishop Oscar Romero, gunned down on 24 March 1980 by a government-backed death squad, while he was saying Mass in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador.

  • 6 Jul 2010
    Living towards a non-institutional future

    The origins of Christianity are in a dynamic and free movement around Jesus, but much of its history is bound up with institutional religion, says Simon Barrow. The challenge is to continue to respond to the transformative impulse of the Gospel, even in the midst of organisation and complexity.

  • 28 Mar 2010
    Churches remember and celebrate a hero of the poor and oppressed

    As churches commemorate Palm Sunday, marking Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, many are continuing to remember Archbishop Oscar Romero's stand for the poor - which cost his life.

  • 13 Mar 2010
    Spirituality and politics: Oscar Romero's legacy

    On 24 March 1980, Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated by the government of El Salvador, Savi Hensman reminds us. But his legacy of prayerful Christian engagement with the cause of justice and peace in the world cannot be killed off.

  • 18 Feb 2009
    Church ‘well positioned’ to globalise solidarity with the poor

    Packed and appreciative audiences in Edinburgh, York, Nottingham and London have attended the 2009 Archbishop Romero Lecture, delivered by Fr Dean Brackley SJ

  • 21 Mar 2008
    Remembering Romero

    Easter Monday marks the 28th anniversary of the murder of Monseñor Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, in El Salvador - killed for defending the poor in the name of Christ.

  • 18 Nov 2007
    Struggle, surprise and sainthood

    Christian faith is about sustaining faith in face of the knowledge and reality of death, says Simon Barrow. The feasts of All Saints and All Souls put us in solidarity with a host of people who have struggled to see right prevail.

  • 9 Apr 2007
    Sentamu calls for generosity to change self-absorbed society

    In his Easter messages, Dr John Sentamu, the Anglican Archbishop of York, has said that acts of generosity, courage and life-giving are needed to turn society away from its self-preoccupation and consumerism.