Oscar Romero: “A Voice for the Voiceless”
Archbishop of San Salvador El Salvador Archbishop Oscar Romero Credit: Australian Picture Library
Aspire not to have more but to be more. Credit: Sprague
it is the force that will overcome the world. Let us not tire of preaching love; Credit: Sprague
Defence of human rights, equality, and freedom … is a matter of policy … rooted in the gospel.
In the theology of human nature there is only one class: children of God. Credit: ASONGS/Caritas What right have we to catalogue persons as first-class or second- class persons?
Those committed to the poor must share the same fate as the poor. Credit: Sprague
The gospel is the great defender and proclaimer of all the great fundamental rights of the person. Credit: Sprague
The fundamental right to……
Food & Water Credit: Sprague
Shelter
Protection Credit: ACT/Caritas
Credit: Sprague Medicine
Credit: Sprague Education
Credit: Sprague Work
Credit: CA/Hart Rest
Freedom Credit: CA/McCafferty
Respect Credit: CA/Eves
Dignity Credit: Caritas Australia
Credit: CA/Hart Fullness of Life
The poor have shown the church the true way to go. A church that does not speak out from the side of the poor is not the true church of Jesus Christ.
The violence we preach is not the violence of the sword... it is the violence of love. Credit: Sprague
Let my blood be a seed of freedom. Credit: ASONGS/Caritas
God is found in the ways of justice, of conversion, of truth. Credit: CA/Hart
ARCHBISHOP ROMERO’s life and teachings have had a profound impact on people and communities all around the world.
With your support, his spirit lives on in the work of Caritas Australia today.
2005 marked the 25 th Anniversary of Romero’s death.
He dared to speak out for his people.
Credit: Euipo Maiz
Romero inspires us to make a difference. What will you do today?
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