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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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