selected
One day after making a plea to Salvadoran soldiers to stop carrying out the government's repression, Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.
Related Wikipedia articles
Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador
Three military dictatorships in El Salvador
The Revolutionary Government Junta was the name of three consecutive joint civilian-military dictatorships that ruled El Salvador between 15 October 1979 and 2 May 1982.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Óscar Romero
Archbishop of San Salvador from 1977 to 1980
Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez was a prelate of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, the Titular Bishop of Tambeae, as Bishop of Santiago de María, and finally as the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador. As…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mass in the Catholic Church
Central liturgical ritual of the Catholic Church
The Mass is the central liturgical service of the Eucharist in the Catholic Church, in which bread and wine are consecrated and become the body and blood of Christ. As defined by the Church at the Council of Trent, in the Mass "the same Christ who offered himself once in a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
San Salvador
Capital of El Salvador
San Salvador is the capital and the largest city of El Salvador and its eponymous department. It is the country's largest agglomeration, serving as the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center. The municipality of San Salvador has 525,990 inhabitants…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)