Archbishop Oscar Romero has been nominated for sainthood many times. Do you think he should become a saint?
2007-05-15 18:31:07 · 2 answers · asked by shanabanana922 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Saints are people in heaven or on their way to heaven. All Christians dead and alive are saints.
The Catholic Church selects some of the most extraordinary examples, does in-depth research, and canonizes them.
"By canonizing some of the faithful, i.e., by solemnly proclaiming that they practiced heroic virtue and lived in fidelity to God's grace, the Church recognizes the power of the Spirit of holiness within her and sustains the hope of believers by proposing the saints to them as models and intercessors."
Bishop Romero witnessed countless violations of human rights and started a ministry speaking out for the poor and the victims of the country's civil war.
In 1980, on account of this Christian witnessing, he was martyred by gunshot shortly during Mass.
Bishop Romero is already a saint in heaven.
Yes, the Catholic Church should canonize him.
With love in Christ.
2007-05-17 15:57:19 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how many miracles have been attributed to him.
2007-05-15 18:33:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋