historicaltimes:

Church members surround Bishop Oscar Romero moments after an unknown gunman entered the chapel and shot him during Mass. A vocal critic of the El Salvador government, no one was ever prosecuted for his murder. March 24, 1980

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“Beautiful is the moment in which we understand that we are no more than an instrument of God; we live only as long as God wants us to live; we can only do as much as God makes us able to do; we are only as intelligent as God would have us be.”

– Oscar Romero

Bishop Romero, pray for us.