grazie per le notizie e riflessioni e grazie per lo sforzo che fate per tradurre
in italiano. Suerte e buen trabajo. Donatella



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FOUNDER OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY SLAIN IN FRANCE
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-08-17-brother-roger_x.htm

PICTURE: (Brother Roger founded the Taize religious community in
1940.  Miguel Riopa, AFP/Getty Images.)
http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2005/08/17/roger-inside.jpg

TAIZE, France (AP) — Brother Roger, the 90-year-old founder of an
ecumenical religious community dedicated to peace and
reconciliation, was knifed to death by a woman at an evening prayer
service attended by 2,500 people, authorities said.

The slaying was deplored Wednesday by the pope and the head of the
Anglican Church, who called the slain monk "one of the best-loved
Christian leaders of our time."

An all-night prayer vigil was held following the fatal attack
Tuesday night in the church at Taize, in Burgundy.

A Romanian woman wielding a knife killed silver-haired Brother
Roger, witnesses said. A community spokesman, Brother Emile, said
the monk's throat was cut and he died 15 minutes later.

Taize officials said the woman had arrived two days earlier among
thousands of pilgrims who visit the site. Prosecutor Jean-Louis
Coste said the woman, reportedly 36 years old, had bought the knife
the day before.

"It would appear for now there is little doubt that this was
premeditated since she bought a knife the day before and voluntary
homicide is manifest," Coste told reporters without naming the
woman.

Coste said the woman detained for questioning by police., He said
she was not "unbalanced enough to justify psychiatric care."

People at the service grabbed the woman, who had sprung from the
crowd, and turned her over to police.

Brother Roger founded the Taize religious community in 1940
emphasizing the need for all Christians to come together in peace,
love and reconciliation. The Taize ecumenical community, which is
near Macon, 240 miles southeast of Paris, draws tens of thousands of
Christian youths from around the world each year for prayer and
meditation.

Pope Benedict XVI said he had received a "very moving and very
friendly letter" just Tuesday from Brother Roger. Benedict spoke of
the "very sad and terrifying news."

"This is an indescribable shock," said Archbishop of Canterbury
Rowan Williams, spiritual leader of the Church of England. "Brother
Roger was one of the best-loved Christian leaders of our time and
hundreds of thousands will be feeling his loss very personally, and
remembering him in prayer and gratitude."

President Jacques Chirac praised Brother Roger as "one of the most
remarkable servants of the values of respect and tolerance," while
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said he regarded Brother Roger
as one of the "great contemporary personalities of religious life."

Schroeder praised him for sheltering Jewish refugees during World
War II and later fostering reconciliation in Europe.

KU I KA PONO MARCH AND RALLY
(JUSTICE FOR HAWAIIANS)

KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ALUMNI AND THOUSANDS OF HAWAIIANS AND PEOPLE WHO
LOVE HAWAII
INVITE YOU TO A MARCH AND RALLY FOR

JUSTICE FOR HAWAIIANS
JUSTICE FOR KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS
STOPPING THE TAKING OF HAWAIIAN PROPERTY
HAWAIIAN UNITY TO SAVE OUR CULTURE AND ASSETS

WHERE:  U.N. PLAZA MARKET & 7TH STREETS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
WHEN:  SATURDAY AUGUST 20, 2005 at 12:00 NOON

WE MARCH FROM THE U.N. PLAZA TO THE 9TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
RETURNING TO THE U.N. PLAZA FOR A RALLY.

Speakers:  Dee Jay Mailer, CEO Kamehameha Schools, Nainoa Thompson,
Trustee Kamehameha Schools, and many others who are outraged by the
taking of Pauahi’s legacy given to the Hawaiian people for their
education, and the threats made by adversaries of the Hawaiian people
to take away the few remaining assets of the Hawaiians.

The U.N.Plaza is on Market St. in San Francisco between 7th and 8th
Streets.  Take the Civic Center exit for BART or Muni.  Parking at
Civic Center garage at 355 McAllister between Polk and Larkin,
Performing Arts garage at 360 Grove St. at Gough, or the Fifth &
Mission garage at 833 Mission between 4th and 5th Streets.

Contact Noelani Jai @(714)847-2977 or alohajai@... for more
info.

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The Honolulu Advertiser
Thursday, August 4, 2005


Hawaiians uniting in anger

By Gordon Y.K. Pang
Advertiser Staff Writer

An appeals court ruling that sent a shock wave
through one of Hawai'i's oldest and most
influential institutions has also galvanized an
often-fractured Native Hawaiian community.

Across the islands, Hawaiians, many of whom
disagree on sovereignty and other hot-button
issues, poured out their frustration and prepared
to come together this weekend in support of
Kamehameha Schools.

Kumu hula Manu Boyd, a Kamehameha alumnus,
likened the situation to a family crisis that
brings together siblings who may not have spoken
in years.

"It's family loyalty, coming together now,
standing up for our ancestors," said Boyd.

Tuesday's decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals struck down as "unlawful race
discrimination" Kamehameha Schools' century-old
admissions policy giving preference to Hawaiians.

Yesterday, angry listeners jammed the telephone
lines of Hawaiian radio stations during morning
drive time to express their outrage.

The flood of calls was only one sign. In Hilo,
more than 100 alumni and others rallied in
support of the school to the sound of blaring
horns from passing traffic. Everywhere, plans
were being made for rallies and marches,
including one at 'Iolani Palace on Saturday that
is expected to draw thousands.

"They're tired of being mistreated, tired of not
being recognized as a people, tired of all our
benefits eroding," said Toni Lee, a Kamehameha
graduate and president of the Association of
Hawaiian Civic Clubs. "We've had about enough.
And if nothing else, maybe this is what we need
as a people to band together."

Meanwhile, the school's trustees reiterated that
they firmly believe in its admissions policies
and pressed on with a request for a wider hearing
of the case by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals.

Yesterday morning the phone lines lighted up at
KCCN FM 100 and Hawaiian 105 KINE radio. "We got
a ton of calls, and most of the calls were people
calling it unfair," said David Daniels, program
director for both stations.

He estimated that each station got at least 50 calls.

While some callers said they believe that the
appellate decision makes sense, roughly 95
percent backed the school's admissions policy, he
said.

The marshaling of forces actually began earlier.

On Tuesday less than six hours after the decision
was made public, more than 100 supporters of the
school had gathered in the courtyard of
Kawaiaha'o Plaza, Kamehameha's administrative
headquarters in Kaka'ako.

Among the assembled were representatives of
organizations both for and against the Akaka
bill, which would grant federal recognition to
Native Hawaiians. There were also groups that
criticized the school when it quietly admitted a
non-Hawaiian student in 2003 and even
organizations that have been chronic critics of
the school's policies.

They will gather again - only in much larger
numbers - on Saturday morning at 'Iolani Palace
when those objecting to the court decision will
rally and prepare for a march to Mauna 'Ala, the
Royal Mausoleum. Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop,
who founded the school, is buried there.

Among those who will be at the rally is Andre
Perez, a leader in the Hui Pu umbrella
organization of groups opposed to the Akaka bill.

Perez, who did not attend Kamehameha, believes
strongly that the school's admissions policy
needs to be overhauled to meet the needs of
Native Hawaiians students who are struggling with
their grades.

"We are hoping for change within Kamehameha
Schools," Perez said. "Despite that, I think it's
important to stand together. We put our
differences aside and stand together for the
greater good of our keiki's future."

Boyd said the decision was only the latest in a
series of defeats suffered by the Native Hawaiian
community in recent years.

"We have so many people out there who would like
to see Hawaiians pretty much lose it all," said
Boyd, who also serves as public information
officer for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Hawaiians are beginning to become aware of this,
he said. "I think people are really going to rise
up."

Davianna McGregor, a professor of ethnic studies
at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, said
Hawaiians will rally around Kamehameha because
"it goes to our birthright as Native Hawaiians."

The ali'i set up their trusts partly in
recognition that "the common people never got
their fair share" during the Great Mahele,
McGregor said. The ali'i also felt that the
influx of immigrants during the 1880s would mean
that Hawaiians would, henceforth, need to compete
for what once had been theirs exclusively, she
said.

Michael Chun, Kamehameha's president, said he
sees both Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians rallying
around the school.

Non-Hawaiians, he said, recognize that the school
is "an important institution that is serving a
disadvantaged group of people. They recognize
that when this disadvantaged group of people is
helped, the community is helped as well."

Native Hawaiian activist Keali'i Gora said this
weekend's rallies are just the tip of the iceberg.

He and others are preparing to "get more
aggressive and we're going to go into Waikiki,"
Gora said. "We're going to hit the economic
situation, we're going to hit them hard and we're
going to tell them leave, tell the tourists to
leave. Because we're not pleased with what's
going on."




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Memorial: Miguel Angel del Transito Ortiz

Fecha: miércoles, agosto 17, 2005
Hora: todo el día

Killed while guarding Carmelite nuns, in El Salvador - August
17, 1987.

Asesinado mientras guardiaba unas monjas carmelitas en El
Salvador, el 17 de agosto de 1987.

Thank you for share that it is beutiful.

RTIM98 <tim@...> wrote:From Tim's El Salvador Blog:
August 15, 2005



    Today is the birthday of slain archbishop Oscar Romero. If he had
not been cut down by an assassin's bullet, he would have been 88
today. As El Salvador struggles today to fight a new wave of crime and
homicides, Romero's words from 25 years ago are as true now as they
were then:

         "I will not tire of declaring that if we really want an
effective end to violence we must remove the violence that lies at the
root of all violence: structural violence, social injustice, exclusion
of citizens from the management of the country, repression. All this
is what constitutes the primal cause, from which the rest flows
naturally."  SEPTEMBER 23, 1979



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    Today is the birthday of slain archbishop Oscar Romero. If he had
not been cut down by an assassin's bullet, he would have been 88
today. As El Salvador struggles today to fight a new wave of crime and
homicides, Romero's words from 25 years ago are as true now as they
were then:

         "I will not tire of declaring that if we really want an
effective end to violence we must remove the violence that lies at the
root of all violence: structural violence, social injustice, exclusion
of citizens from the management of the country, repression. All this
is what constitutes the primal cause, from which the rest flows
naturally."  SEPTEMBER 23, 1979



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at news, events and issues in El Salvador, mostly as reflected in the
English language press.

CONMEMORAN NATALICIO DE MONSEÑOR ROMERO
http://www.diariocolatino.com/nacionales/detalles.asp?NewsID=8914

Se realizarán diversos actos ecuménicos por el natalicio de Monseñor
Romero.

Leonel Herrera
Redacción Diario Co Latino
  - Monday, August 15, 2005 hora 14:20

Comunidades eclesiales de todo el país están celebrando
el "cumpleaños" número ochenta y ocho de Monseñor Oscar Arnulfo
Romero.

Romero nació el 15 de agosto de 1917, en Ciudad Barrios, departamento
de San Miguel y fue asesinado el 24 de marzo de 1980, cuando oficiaba
una misa en el hospital "La Divina Providencia".

Las actividades conmemorativas iniciaron ayer, en San Salvador y
Ciudad Barrios, y continuaron esta mañana en la Catedral de San
Miguel.

Este día se realizan diversos actos ecuménicos y culturales en la
cripta de Catedral Metropolitana, que culminarán con un foro en el
que participarán compañeros, amigos y familiares de Romero.

Romero cursó estudios en la Universidad Gregoriana de Roma, de 1937 a
1944, y fue ordenado sacerdote en 1942. La primera parroquia que
atendió fue la de Anamorós, en el departamento de La Unión.

Fue nombrado Arzobispo de San Salvador en 1977, desde donde luchó en
defensa de los humildes, rechazó la violencia y propagó el amor a la
justicia.

Su asesinato fue planeado, según la Comisión de la Verdad, por
Roberto D'Abuisson, fundador del partido ARENA y vinculado a
los "escuadrones de la muerte", que asesinaron a miles de opositores
al régimen dictatorial, antes y durante la guerra civil de los años
ochenta. Su muerte conmovió al mundo.

Según la fundación Monseñor Romero, el legado del mártir es
invaluable en la lucha por la paz, la equidad y la justicia, en un
mundo que cada día profundiza problemas económicos, sociales y medio
ambientales que lo conducen a un final incierto.

CONMEMORARÁN NATALICIO DE ASESINADO ARZOBISPO ROMERO
http://www.diarioelpopular.com/Spa/Area1/xPopNewsDetails.asp?id=8537

SAN SALVADOR.- Los salvadoreños conmemorán hoy lunes el natalicio
del arzobispo de San Salvador, monseñor Oscar Arnulfo Romero, quien
fue ejecutado de un balazo en el corazón el 24 de marzo de 1980
mientras oficiaba misa.

El actual arzobispo capitalino, Fernando Sáenz, adelantó ayer
domingo durante una rueda de prensa en la catedral de San Salvador
que "en memoria del gran arzobispo" se celebrarán diferentes actos,
entre los que figuran misas y actos culturales.

Monseñor Romero nació el 15 de agosto de 1917 en el hogar del
carpintero Santos Romero y de Guadalupe Galdámez, establecido en
Ciudad Barrios, un pueblo enclavado en montañas y cafetales en el
departamento de San Miguel, 156 km al noreste de San Salvador.

Romero fue asesinado de un balazo en el corazón el 24 de marzo de
1980 por un sicario enviado por la ultraderecha, el magnicidio
polarizó aún más la sociedad salvadoreña y estimuló el crecimiento
de un movimiento insurgente aglutinado en el Frente Farabundo Martí
para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN).

Poseedor de una convincente y abundante oratoria, Romero que también
denunció la represión militar, se convirtió en un símbolo de la
iglesia que tiene como lema "la opción preferencial por los pobres"
y su memoria es recordada en diferentes países.

Uno de los actos centrales para conmemorar el natalicio del extinto
arzobispo, se celebrará hoy en la Comunidad Oscar Arnulfo Romero
(COAR), ubicada en el poblado de Zaragoza, unos 20 km al suroeste de
San Salvador.

Sáenz destacó que COAR fue fundada hace 25 años por el sacerdote
estadounidense Kenneth Myers Brown para atender a los niños
huerfanos de la guerra civil (1980-1992) y es atendido por las
hermanas de la Caridad del Verbo Encarnado.

Al destacar el acto conmemorativo, Sáenz celebró que "son muchos
cientos de niños y niñas huerfanas del conflicto armado que han
recibido (en COAR) formación integral y ambiente de familia".

También habrán celebraciones en Ciudad Barrios -cuna de nacimiento
de romero- y en la mayoría de iglesias del país.

Con la muerte de Romero la guerra civil estalló y concluyó el 16 de
enero de 1992 con más de 75.000 muertos, luego que el gobierno y la
guerrilla firmaron un acuerdo de paz bajo la mediación de la
Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU).

Una Comisión de "La Verdad" creada por la ONU, culpó como autor
intelectual del asesinato al mayor del ejército Roberto D'Aubuisson,
fundador de la gobernante Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (ARENA,
derecha), quien murió de cáncer en febrero de 1992.

El 24 de marzo de 1994 se inició el proceso de beatificación de
Romero a nivel local y desde 1996 la causa pasó a Roma, donde a
principios de marzo pasado la Congregación de la Doctrina de la Fe
acordó iniciar el proceso de beatificación tras concluir que fue "un
mártir de la iglesia, asesinado por su fe cristiana" y su expediente
pasó para la causa de los Santos.

SAINTHOOD EFFORT FOR 5 SLAIN RECALLS ARGENTINE `DIRTY WAR'
http://news.yahoo.com/news?
tmpl=story&u=/chitribts/20050812/ts_chicagotrib/sainthoodeffortfor5sl
ainrecallsargentinedirtywar

By Colin McMahon Tribune foreign correspondent
Fri Aug 12, 9:40 AM ET

For nearly 30 years, the faithful at St. Patrick's Church have
cherished the memory of five spiritual guides slain during
Argentina's "dirty war." The priests and parishioners at the Buenos
Aires church tend a small, understated shrine. And they nurture a
cause that goes beyond honoring the dead.

That cause, which once seemed impossible, now looks merely
improbable: to win canonization for the three Pallottine priests and
two seminarians slain at St. Patrick's on July 4, 1976.

The archbishop of Buenos Aires last week authorized the
beatification request to go forward, the first official step in the
Roman Catholic Church's long and complex process toward naming
someone a saint.

"The idea is not to generate hate or rancor, because from the very
first moment we have forgiven the killers, even if we do not know
who they are, even if we do not know their faces," said Rev. Adrian
Francioli of St. Patrick's, who is compiling the beatification
request on behalf of the Pallottine order. "The motive is to revive
faith in people, to kindle charity in the sense of brotherly
service, solidarity and commitment to those who have less."

The decision by Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio carries political as
well as spiritual significance.

Evidence and testimony will be collected to paint a portrait of the
men's religious lives. The Pallottines will ask that the five be
declared martyrs for the faith, and Bergoglio has ordered an
investigation into the attack itself, widely blamed on the military
regime that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983.

The Argentine church has acknowledged its failure to challenge the
military's anti-leftist repression, which according to human-rights
groups left 30,000 people dead or "disappeared," including dozens of
Catholic clergy and lay activists.

To the harshest critics, church leaders were not merely indifferent
to the violence but complicit in it. They say that includes
Bergoglio, 68, who led Argentina's Jesuits at the time. Such charges
were revived after the death of     Pope John Paul II, when
Bergoglio was being mentioned as a possible successor.

Critics cite link to military

Writing in the Buenos Aires newspaper Pagina 12, leading journalist
Horacio Verbitsky said Bergoglio's "relations with the military
dictatorship three decades ago ... are a point against his chances"
of someday becoming pope. Verbitsky suggested the beatification
proposal was part of an attempt by Bergoglio "to whitewash his
personal history."

The timing of the decision is crucial. To comply with church rules,
the beatification process should begin within 30 years of a person's
death. In the case of Revs. Pedro Dufau, Alfredo Leaden and Alfredo
Kelly and seminarians Salvador Barbeito and Emilio Barletti, that
deadline comes next summer.

On the night they were slain, the United States was lavishly
celebrating its 200th birthday and Argentina was descending into an
agony of suspicion, violence and vengeance. The coup that brought
the military to power was 3 months old, and the first days of July
saw a terrifying spike in attacks by leftist guerrillas and
retribution by government and right-wing forces.

The priests and seminarians--or The Five, as they are known at St.
Patrick's--were home in their simple residence attached to the
church. By the time their assailants left in the early morning
hours, the five men had been gathered in the living room, riddled
with scores of bullets and heaped onto a rug.

Today that rug forms the backdrop for a simple shrine honoring The
Five. Next month, a monument with five granite pillars will be
dedicated.

The initial criminal investigation went nowhere. But witness
testimony and other evidence collected since the dictatorship lost
power in 1983 points to a team from the Naval Mechanics School in
Buenos Aires, a dirty war stronghold.

In his 1989 book on the slayings, "La Masacre de San Patricio,"
journalist Eduardo Kimel suggested four possible reasons for the
killing: revenge for guerrilla activity; the targeting of Barletti,
who though not a guerrilla fighter was connected to the main armed
revolutionary group; a vendetta by right-wing groups in the
neighborhood, or the silencing of Kelly, whose sermons condemning
the repression stung conservative and influential parishioners.

To Kimel, who was censured by the Argentine courts for his book's
critical portrayal of a judge in the case, "the killings enunciated
the objectives of state terror to destroy all organized popular
protests against the military dictatorship."

Church, society still divided

That it took three decades for the beatification petition to take
its first official step reflects the divisions within the Catholic
Church, and within Argentine society, over those dark years.

"Not everyone has recognized what happened as martyrdom," said
Sister Celia Scota, a Buenos Aires nun who went to St. Patrick's
last week for a mass to celebrate the opening of the beatification
process. "Some say it happened because they were mixed up in other
things. You still hear that today."

Sister Maria de los Angeles Puy said certain interests in the
church, in politics and business have "set up obstacles to the
discovery of the truth." But she was heartened by the name of a
street that runs by St. Patrick's Church. It has been
rechristened "Pallottine Martyrs."

"The church did not give that name, it was society, and that means a
lot," Puy said. "And saints they are too, even if they have yet to
be proclaimed that by the church."

Queremos avisarle de este evento que se aproxima.

Aniversario del Natalicio de Monseñor Romero

Fecha: lunes, agosto 15, 2005
Hora: todo el día

Nacido - born August 15, 1917.

From Tim's El Salvador Blog:
August 13, 2005


El Salvador wants investments in the homeland

The Washington Post carries a story about efforts by El Salvador to
lure investment from Salvadorans who have emigrated to the US.
Although significant sums (totaling a sixth of El Salvador's economy)
come from emigrants sending money back to families, little money comes
back for investment:


     Only about 10 percent of the more than 1 million Salvadorans
living abroad have any kind of business investment in their native
land, according to a study released last month by Georgetown
University's Institute for the Study of International Migration. The
report, led by political scientist Manuel Orozco, also found that 16
percent of Salvadoran immigrants have bank accounts in El Salvador,
and 10 percent are still paying off some form of debt in their native
country.

     In comparison, nearly 70 percent of Salvadoran immigrants
regularly send money to family members in El Salvador. Last year,
Salvadorans living in the United States sent $2.5 billion to their
families, according to the Inter-American Development Bank. The money
that they send, known as remittances, is mostly used to buy food,
clothes and other consumer goods.

     The government and business groups here are also encouraging
Salvadorans abroad to invest in property and businesses. El Salvador's
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which tries to maintain ties with the
country's emigrants, is pushing for a government program that will
give incentives to Salvadorans living elsewhere to invest in
job-creating ventures.

     Along with tourism projects, the government is promoting
investment in traditional agriculture, call centers and auto-parts
manufacturing.



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Memorial: Manuel Zamora Menjívar

Fecha: domingo, agosto 14, 2005
Hora: todo el día

(Laico) Nació en San Antonio Los Ranchos, el 29 de octubre de
1945. Lugar y Fecha del Martirio. San Antonio Los Ranchos, 14 de
agosto de 1979.

Originario de San Antonio los Ranchos, se capacitó para la
formación de comunidades Eclesiales de Base, por lo cual lo
llamaron subversivo, fue amenazado a muerte. La fuerza Armada,
realizó un operativo combinado con la Guardia Nacional,
Policía de Hacienda y soldados por tierra y por aire. Manuel
Zamora intentó huir pero los helicópteros le siguieron
hasta descargar sus ráfagas quitándole así la vida.

Responsables del Asesinato: Destacamento Militar No. 1 de
Chalatenango.

http://romeroes.com/martires.html

Nos agrada la noticia que se abre la causa de canonización del
Cardenal Eduardo Francisco Pironio, un buen fiel de Monseñor Romero
que trabajaba en las curias del Vaticano, y le dió a monseñor una
afectuosa recepción en momentos de sospecha y mala información en
Roma.

En su diario, Romero escribió:

"Me abrió su corazón diciéndome que él también sufría porque los
problemas de América Latina no eran del todo comprendidos por el
ministerio supremo de la Iglesia y que el hecho de ser acusados de
instrumentos del comunismo era la herencia de todos los que
predicaban en nombre del evangelio la justicia social".

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CAUSA DE BEATIFICACIÓN Y CANONIZACIÓN DEL CARDENAL PIRONIO

La Plata, AGO 12 (AICA): El arzobispo de La Plata, monseñor Héctor
Aguer, hizo público un "edicto" del cardenal Camillo Ruini, Vicario
general de la diócesis de Roma, por el cual invita a los fieles a
enviar al Tribunal diocesano del Vicariato de Roma "todas las
noticias que, de cualquier manera, puedan proporcionar elementos
favorables o contrarios a la fama de santidad" del Siervo de Dios
Eduardo Francisco Pironio. Igualmente solicita a todos los que posean
alguno, que envíen a dicho Tribunal "cualquier escrito", ya se trate
de "manuscritos, diarios, cartas y cualquier otra escritura privada"
del cardenal Pironio. El edicto será exhibido en las puertas del
Vicariato de Roma y en las de la curia eclesiástica de La Plata.

El texto completo del edicto, firmado por el cardenal Camillo Ruini,
vicario general, y Giuseppe Gobbi, notario, dice así:

===

El Edicto

El 5 de febrero de 1998 murió en Roma el siervo de Dios Eduardo
Francisco Pironio, cardenal de la santa Iglesia romana.

El siervo de Dios, hombre de profunda cultura teológica y espiritual,
a través de su servicio al Señor y a la santa Iglesia en los diversos
ministerios a los que fue llamado, y con su participación personal en
el sufrimiento y en la cruz de Cristo en varias circunstancias de su
vida, testimonió su gran fe en Dios con la alegría de ser su congrado
y con el deseo constante de comunicarla a los jóvenes de hoy.

Habiendo aumentado cada vez más, con el paso de los años, su fama de
santidad, y habiéndose solicitado formalmente invocar la causa de
beatificación y canonización del siervo de Dios, al darla a conocer a
la comunidad eclesial, invitamos a todos y cada uno de los fieles a
comunicarnos directamente o enviar al Tribunal diocesano del
Vicariato de Roma (plaza S. Giovanni in Laterano, 6–00184 Roma) todas
las noticias que, de cualquier manera, puedan proporcionar elementos
favorables o contrarios a la fama de santidad de dicho siervo de
Dios.

Además, debiéndose recoger, a tenor de las disposiciones legales,
todos los escritos a él atribuidos, ordenamos, con el presente
Edicto, a todos los que posean alguno, que envíen con la debida
solicitud a dicho Tribunal cualquier escrito que tenga como autor al
siervo de Dios, si no ha sido ya entregado a la Postulación de la
causa.

Recordamos que con el nombre de escritos no sólo se entienden las
obras impresas, que por lo demás ya han sido reunidas, sino también
los manuscritos, los diarios, las cartas y cualquier otra escritura
privada del siervo de Dios. Los que deseen conversar los originales,
pueden presentar una copia debidamente autenticada.

Establecemos, por último, que este Edicto permanezca fijado durante
dos meses en las puertas del Vicariato de Roma, así como en las de la
Curia de La Plata (Argentina), y que sea publicado en la "Revista
diocesana" de Roma y en los diarios "L'Osservatore Romano"
y "Avvenire".

Dado en Roma, en la sede del Vicariato, el 13 de junio de 2005

From Tim's El Salvador Blog:
August 11, 2005



Street vendor troubles

For years, street vendors and authorities in San Salvador have been
engaged in conflict. The vendors, who set up shop to sell everything
from T-shirts to pupusas to illegally copied DVDs and much more, clog
the streets and sidewalks in central San Salvador. Their unsanctioned
stalls cause traffic congestion and irritate established merchants in
nearby buildings. This informal economy, however, represents a
livelihood, albeit a meager one, for hundreds or thousands of
Salvadorans.

From time to time, the authorities take action against the vendors,
primarily seeking to limit the locations where they can sell their
goods. The conflicts with authorities have recently flared up. During
the August festivals, street vendors blocked the progress of the
opening parade, the Desafile de Correos, with protests.

This week street vendors caused disturbances described in La Prensa
Grafica and El Diario de Hoy in the center of the city. Authorities
had dislodged vendors from their stalls along one street on Tuesday.
Vendors have protested, including setting fire to tires, rock
throwing, and barricading streets.



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at news, events and issues in El Salvador, mostly as reflected in the
English language press.

A documentary titled "25 Years -- A Personal Journey to El Salvador"
will be shown on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the parlor of [South
Congregational] church.

Created by Luis Alvarenga, the film begins on the tragic day of
Archbishop Oscar Romero's assassination. There is no cost and the
community is invited.

South Church is a member of the wider United Church of Christ and is
located at 110 South St. [in Pittsfield, Mass.] All are welcome. The
church is handicapped-accessible.

The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts)
August 6, 2005 Saturday

From Tim's El Salvador Blog:
August 10, 2005



For a loyal ally

On August 10, the US announced that it will give $45 million over the
next 5 years for a program supporting basic health and education.
According to press reports, El Salvador's foreign minister stated that
the funds would support 100,000 students and 3000 teachers, primarily
in rural areas.

At the signing ceremony for agreement, the US ambassador thanked El
Salvador for its commitment to continue the presence of 380 troops in
Iraq.

Isn't that called a payoff?

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at news, events and issues in El Salvador, mostly as reflected in the
English language press.

From Tim's El Salvador Blog:
August 9, 2005


Long life in El Salvador

La Prensa Grafica carried a story last week about Cruz Hernández, a
woman who may be the oldest living woman on earth. She lives in San
Agustí­n in Usulutan department. The Salvadoran registry of natural
persons has reportedly verified the age of Cruz Hernández as 127
years, born in 1878. According to La Prensa, Cruz Hernández worked
as a midwife until finally retiring at the age of 124. She has 178
descendants.

If true, Cruz Hernández would be more than a decade older than the
woman recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest
living woman, 113 year old Hendrikje Van Andel-Schipper of the
Netherlands.

When asked the secret of her longevity, Cruz Hernández told the
paper that she does not bathe during the new moon. She advised that
her diet included drinking beer and eating meat.

The La Prensa report also states that the second-oldest Salvadoran is
120 years old, and that there are 151 Salvadoran centenarians.


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at news, events and issues in El Salvador, mostly as reflected in the
English language press.

Queremos avisarle de este evento que se aproxima.

Aniversario del Natalicio de Monseñor Romero

Fecha: lunes, agosto 15, 2005
Hora: todo el día

Nacido - born August 15, 1917.

Queremos avisarle de este evento que se aproxima.

Memorial - IGNACIO  RODRIGUEZ TERRAZAS

Fecha: lunes, agosto 8, 2005
Hora: todo el día

-Journalist-
News Organization: UNO-MAS-UNO

Killed 1980

Location: El Salvador

War: EL SALVADOR CIVIL WAR (1979-1992)

Bio:

Shot and killed during an Aug. 8 gun battle in San Salvador.
Witnesses said a soldier shot him as he stood next to an
automobile clearly marked as a press car. He was a correspondent
for his Mexico City daily.

http://www.freedomforum.org/about/

Estimad@ herman@ reciban un cordial saludo e invitación a nuestra festividad,
adjunto está la información el attachment...sientanse con la libertad de pasar
la información.

Gracias,
Comunidad Salvadoreña de La Placita



"Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower".
-Shigenori Kameoka




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PRODUCTION HAS BEGUN IN LITHUANIA ON "HAVE NO FEAR: THE LIFE OF POPE
JOHN PAUL II," FOR ABC
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/pr.cgi?id=20050805abc01

Released by ABC

Telefilm Will Star Thomas Kretschmann ("The Pianist") as the Pope, As
Well as Bruno Ganz ("Wings of Desire") and Joachim de Almeida ("24")

Emmy-nominated executive producers of the acclaimed telefilms "Jesus"
and "Nicholas' Gift," Lorenzo Minoli and Judd Parkin, have teamed
again to produce the original movie for television, "Have No Fear:
The Life of Pope John Paul II" (working title). Principal photography
has begun in Lithuania and will conclude in Rome, and the program
will air this season on the ABC Television Network. Thomas
Kretschmann ("The Pianist," "King Kong") will star as Pope John Paul
II, Bruno Ganz ("Wings of Desire") as Cardinal Wyszynski, the Primate
of Poland, and Joachim de Almeida ("24") portrays Salvadoran
Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was brutally murdered during the Pope's
reign.

In this dramatization, viewers will see, for the first time, not only
the spiritual leader's remarkable public life on the world stage, but
also the very intimate moments that epitomized his great humanity --
his passions, regrets, frustrations, triumphs and sorrows. Born in
1920 in Wadowice, Poland, Karol "Lolek" Wojtyla was a bright, deeply
faithful youth who loved theatre and school, but suffered the loss of
his parents and only sibling before he reached adulthood. During
World War II, he saw the deportation of Jewish childhood friends,
which had a lasting effect on him and shaped his views on Fascism and
anti-Semitism. In defiance of the German occupation, he staged his
own political plays while risking his life, secretly studying at
seminary. He was ordained a priest in 1946, and his great intellect
impressed his superiors; he was made a bishop in Poland at just 38
years old, the youngest bishop in the country. Cardinal Wyszynski
(portrayed by Bruno Ganz), the head of the Polish Church, was
initially skeptical of this young intellectual, but the man who would
become Pope proved to be Poland's strongest ally in the fight against
Communism and helped give rise to the Solidarity movement. Wojtyla
worked hand-in-hand with the beloved Cardinal throughout his life.

Wojtyla's ascendancy through the Church hierarchy was rapid. He
participated in Vatican II, rising to Archbishop, then Cardinal.
After the death of Pope John Paul I, who was only leader for 33 days,
he was elected to become Pope, the first ever from Poland and the
youngest appointed in over 100 years. A man of great intellectual and
physical vigor, he survived an assassination attempt and later met
with his attacker in prison, pardoning the man. The Pope championed
causes thought to be liberal and conservative -- asking forgiveness
for the Church's missteps through history, while upholding the
Church's traditional stances on the right to life, homosexuality and
the ordination of women. He traveled the world more than any of his
predecessors, preaching the faith and spreading a message of love to
millions at a time. During his last decade, he battled numerous
health issues and grappled with the sex scandals involving American
priests, all while ushering the Church into the New Millennium.

Thomas Kretschmann and Bruno Ganz were most recently seen in the
independent film "Downfall," which was nominated for an Oscar for
Best Foreign Film. In addition, Kretchsmann has a major role in the
upcoming feature film, "King Kong," which reunites him with his co-
star from "The Pianist," Adrien Brody.

"Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II" was written by Michael
Hirst ("Elizabeth") and Judd Parkin. Jeff Bleckner ("The Beach Boys:
An American Family," "Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer
Story") directs. The production company is Five Mile River Films.

===


ABC ROLLS ON POPE MOVIE
http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271%7C96755%7C1%
7C,00.html

(Friday, August 05 12:06 PM)

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) The battle of the Pope John Paul II movies
is back on.
ABC, whose project has taken a back seat to CBS' planned four-hour
miniseries, has announced the start of filming on its version of the
late pontiff's life. "Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II" is
now shooting in Lithuania and will also film some scenes in Rome.

Thomas Kretschmann ("The Pianist," USA's "Frankenstein") will star
in "Have No Fear" as Pope John Paul. The film will also feature Bruno
Ganz ("Wings of Desire," "The Manchurian Candidate") as Cardinal
Wyszynski, head of the Catholic Church in Poland, and Joaquim de
Almeida ("24") as Salvadoran Bishop Oscar Romero, who was murdered
during John Paul II's tenure.

The story, written by Michael Hirst ("Elizabeth") and Judd Parkin ,
will chronicle Karol Wojtyla's life as a student at an underground
seminary in Nazi-occupied Poland, his rapid rise through the Catholic
Church hierarchy and his more than quarter century as pope, during
which he helped lead the fight against Communism in his home country.
ABC's project and CBS' "Pope John Paul II" -- which stars Ian Holm
("The Lord of the Rings") as the pope in his later years and Cary
Elwes ("Saw") as the younger Wojtyla -- will cover much of the same
ground, so getting on the air first may be key. Neither network has
set an airdate yet, but both could conceivably be ready to go by the
end of the year.

CBS was thought to have the lead in getting its miniseries in front
of viewers with the casting of Holm and Elwes. ABC's announcement of
production, though, throws that idea into question.

Emmy winner Jeff Bleckner ("Hill Street Blues," "The Beach Boys: An
American Family") will direct "Have No Fear." Parkin and Lorenzo
Minoli ("Jesus," "Nicholas' Gift") are executive producing.

Queremos avisarle de este evento que se aproxima.

Memorial: Roque Carvajal Hernández (Laico)

Fecha: sábado, agosto 6, 2005
Hora: todo el día

Laico nacido en Honduras en 1964. Lugar y fecha el Martirio: La
Laguna 6 de agosto de 1980.

En el municipio de La Laguna el día 6 de agosto de 1980,
miembros de los escuadrones de la muerte de la población La
Laguna y del Cantón Aldea Vieja, llegaron a la casa de la
familia Carvajal golpeando a toda la familia. Luego procedieron
a la captura del joven Roque Carvajal sacándolo a golpes de
la casa y argumentando que era subversivo por trabajar con la
Iglesia como catequista. Roque tenía solo 16 años de edad,
trabajaba como catequista con las Hermanas Carmelitas
Misioneras, responsables del trabajo pastoral de La Laguna. A 3
cuadras de su casa se realizó el asesinato del Roque, a quien
decapitaron. Una Religiosa Carmelita Misionera, Hermana Luisa
afirma: “Roque Carvajal trabajaba con los niños de la
catequesis, era una persona cercana a la Iglesia, ayudaba en la
Liturgia. Un domingo antes de su muerte había participado en
la Liturgia. Al día siguiente verificamos su asesinato, su
familia estaba muy afligida por lo sucedido. Yo limpié el
rostro del joven asesinado, le arreglé la cabeza en su lugar,
pues le había quedado colgada en un hilo”.

http://romeroes.com/martires.html

UNA NUEVA OBRA ARTISTICA ADORNARA CATEDRAL DE ASCOLI
[Segmento]
http://www.ilquotidiano.it/articoli/index.cfm?ida=41473

Ascoli Piceno [Le Marche en Italia occidental, al sur de Venezia].
Un bajo relieve ceramico de 28 metros realizado por el artista de la
region de Faentina Goffredo Gaeta, y fuertemente deseado por el
obispo Silvano Montevecchi, sera revelado el 4 de agosto.

Manana por la tarde, el jueves 4 de agosto a las 9, la Catedral de
Ascoli sera adornada por una nueva obra de arte: de hecho sera
inaugurado un bajo relieve ceramico de 28 metros realizado por el
artista de la region de Faentina Goffredo Gaeta, y fuertemente
deseado por el obispo Silvano Montevecchi.  El titulo de la obra,
especialmente emotivo, es Los martires de los 1900s desde la Vision
de la Apocalipse, y pretende celebrar todo aquel sinnumero de hombres
y mujeres del siglo hace poco transcurrido que atestiguaron hasta el
punto de dar su vida por el amor, su fidelidad a Cristo.

[El relieve incluye las figuras de Maria Goretti (muerta, 1902),
Charles de Foucauld (+ 1916), Miguel Augustin Pro (+ 1927), Pavel
Florensky (+ 1937), Pavel Florensky (+ 1937), Maximilian Kolbe (+
1941), Edith Stein (+ 1942), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (+ 1945), Eugenio
Bossilikov (+ 1952), Emyle Biayenda (+1977) y...]

  • Oscar Romero (+ 1980). Arzobispo de San Salvador, de America
  Central. Defensor de campesinos. Asesinado durante la celebracion
  de la Eucaristia, por un sicario del gobierno de ultra derecha.

[NOTA DEL MODERADOR: ESTE RELIEVE CONSTITUYE LA PRIMERA VEZ QUE LA
IMAGEN DE OSCAR ROMERO APARECE EN UNA OBRA DE ARTE QUE ADORA EL
EXTERIOR DE UNA IGLESIA CATOLICA ROMANA.  UNA ESTATUA DE MONSENOR
ROMERO Y OTROS MARTIRES DEL SIGLO XX FUE DEVELADA EN LA ABADIA DE
WESTMINSTER EN LONDRES EN 1998.]



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> UNA NUOVA OPERA ARTISTICA IMPREZIOSIRÀ LA CATTEDRALE ASCOLANA
> http://www.ilquotidiano.it/articoli/index.cfm?ida=41473
>
>  ASCOLI PICENO - Il 4 agosto verrà inaugurato un pannello
> bassorilievo in ceramica di 28 metri quadrati realizzato
dall'artista
> faentino Goffredo Gaeta e fortemente voluto dal Vescovo Silvano
> Montevecchi.
>
>  Domani sera, giovedì 4 agosto, alle ore 21, la Cattedrale di
Ascoli
> sarà impreziosita di una nuova opera d'arte: verrà infatti
inaugurato
> un pannello bassorilievo in ceramica di 28 metri quadrati
realizzato
> dall'artista faentino Goffredo Gaeta e fortemente voluto dal
Vescovo
> Silvano Montevecchi. Il titolo dell'opera, particolarmente
> significativo, è: I martiri del novecento nella visione
> dell'Apocalisse ed intende celebrare quella schiera innumerevole di
> uomini e donne che nel secolo appena trascorso hanno testimoniato,
> fino a donare la loro vita per amore, la loro adesione a Cristo.
>
>  Significativa anche la data scelta dalla Diocesi per
> l'inaugurazione: il 4 agosto, vigilia della festa del Patrono della
> città S.Emidio, primo vescovo e martire della chiesa ascolana. Una
> sorta di connessione ideale fra il martirio dei primi secoli del
> cristianesimo che ha portato il cristianesimo nelle nostre terre e
i
> martiri della nostra epoca che ci invitano a riscoprire le radici
> della nostra fede.
>
>  Giovedì sera interverranno all'inaugurazione, oltre al Vescovo
> Silvano Montevecchi, il Card. Achille Silvestrini, Prefetto emerito
> della Congregazione delle Chiese orientali che per primo ha
> incoraggiato il Vescovo nel portare a termine la sua felice
> intuizione; P. Augusto Gianfredda, Gesuita, che ha svolto il ruolo
di
> Consulente teologico nella realizzazione dell'opera; il prof.
> Goffredo Gaeta, validissimo ceramista faentino che ha realizzato il
> bassorilievo e l'Arch. Prof. Francesco Zurli, soprintendente
emerito
> ai monumenti di Ravena, Verona e Roma.
>
>  L'opera, interamente in ceramica, consiste in un bassorilievo di
> metri 6,92 per 4,11 ed esprime, oltre all'innegabile valore
> artistico, anche il riferimento ecumenico: la teoria dei martiri,
> rappresentata nel pannello, è guidata da S. Emidio e racchiude
> testimoni eminenti delle diverse confessioni cristiane. Ed infatti
il
> Vescovo nella brochure di presentazione scrive: "Tutte le
confessioni
> cristiane - cattolica, ortodossa e protestante - hanno vissuto
questa
> esperienza tanto da poter dire che esiste un ecumenismo dei
martiri".
> Ed inoltre egli stesso spiega il senso teologico-pastorale
> dell'opera: "Eravamo forse troppo abituati a pensare ai martiri in
> termini un po' lontani, quasi si trattasse di una categoria del
> passato, legata particolarmente ai primi secoli dell'era cristiana.
> La memoria dei martiri, voluta da Papa Giovanni Paolo II durante
> l'Anno Giubilare, ci ha aperto uno scenario sorprendente,
mostrandoci
> il nostro tempo particolarmente ricco di testimoni che, in un modo
o
> nell'altro, hanno saputo vivere il vangelo fino a dare la suprema
> prova del sangue".
>
>  I lavori per il posizionamento del pannello in Cattedrale (è stato
> collocato nella navata di sinistra, sulla parete dove insiste la
> cappella della Madonna delle Grazie) sono stati eseguiti in accordo
e
> con i permessi della Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici e per
> il Paesaggio delle Marche e la Soprintendenza per il Patrimonio
> Storico, Artistico e Etnoantropologico della Regione e con la
> collaborazione dell'Arch. Michele Picciolo per la direzione del
> delicato lavoro di montaggio, dell'Arch. Valerio Borzacchini che ha
> fornito le planimetrie della Cattedrale e della Ditta Gaspari che
ha
> celermente eseguito i lavori di posizionamento.
>
> Nella "moltitudine immensa di coloro che, passati per la grande
> tribolazione, hanno rese candide le loro vesti nel sangue
> dell'Agnello" (Ap 7,14), sono riconoscibili le figure di alcuni
> martiri del `900.
>
> • Maria Goretti (+ 1902). Giovane di nobili ideali cristiani,
vissuta
> nell'Agro Pontino, a Nettuno. Uccisa da un aggressore, dopo un
> tentativo di violenza sessuale. Canonizzata nel 1950 da Pio XII,
> come "martire della fede e del pudore".
> • Charles de Foucauld (+ 1916). Monaco trappista, presbitero.
Eremita
> nel Sahara algerino, a Tamanrasset, tra i Tuareg. Assassinato
durante
> un attacco di predoni del deserto. Approvate dalla Santa Sede, nel
> 1968, diverse congregazioni ispirate da Padre de Foucauld: le
Petites
> Soeurs du Sacré Coeur de Jésus, la Fraternité des petites Soeurs de
> Jésus e i Petits Frères de Jésus.
> • Miguel Augustin Pro (+ 1927). Presbitero della Compagnia di Gesù.
> Zelante nel ministero pastorale, dedito alle attività
assistenziali.
> Ingiustamente condannato dal regime anticattolico e fucilato nella
> Città del Messico. Beatificato nel 1988 da Papa Giovanni Paolo II.
> • Pavel Florensky (+ 1937). Professore all'Accademia di teologia di
> Mosca, filosofo,  epistemologo, matematico, fisico, inventore,
> musicista. Marito e padre di cinque figli. Presbitero della Chiesa
> Ortodossa. Deportato, dal regime stalinista, in Siberia e fucilato
> presso Leningrado.
> • Maksymilian Kolbe (+ 1941). Frate francescano polacco, offertosi
> per essere ucciso in sostituzione di un padre di famiglia, nel
campo
> di concentramento nazista di Auschwitz in Polonia. Canonizzato nel
> 1981 da Papa Giovanni Paolo II.
> • Edith Stein (+ 1942). Ebrea, filosofa, convertita al
cattolicesimo
> ed entrata nel Carmelo di Köln. Morta nei forni crematori del campo
> di concentramento nazista di Auschwitz in Polonia, offrendo il suo
> olocausto per il popolo di Israele. Canonizzata da Papa Giovanni
> Paolo II nel 1998. Proclamata copatrona d'Europa nel 1999.
> • Dietrich Bonhoeffer (+ 1945). Pastore luterano, uno fra i massimi
> teologi del Novecento, membro attivo della resistenza al na¬zismo.
> Impiccato, per ordine diretto di Hitler, nel campo di
concentramento
> di Flossenbürg.
> • Eugenio Bossilikov (+ 1952). Passionista. Vescovo di Nicopoli, in
> Bulgaria. Ucciso dal regime stalinista.
> • Emyle Biayenda (+1977). Cardinale Arcivescovo di Brazzaville, in
> Congo. Ucciso da un comando militare.
> • Oscar Romero (+ 1980). Arcivescovo di San Salvador, nell'America
> Centrale. Difensore dei campesinos. Ucciso, durante la celebrazione
> dell'Eucaristia, da un sicario del governo di estrema destra.

A NEW ARTISTIC WORK WILL ADORN THE CATHEDRAL OF ASCOLI
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http://www.ilquotidiano.it/articoli/index.cfm?ida=41473

Ascoli Piceno [Le Marche in Western Italy, south of Venice].  A 28
meter [about 90 feet] ceramic bass relief panel shaped by Faentina
regional artist Goffredo Gaeta, and strongly desired by Bishop
Silvano Montevecchi, will be unveiled August 4.

Tomorrow evening, Thursday August 4, at 9 p.m., Cathedral of Ascoli
will be adorned by a new work of art: it will in fact inaugurate a 28
meter ceramic bass relief panel shaped by the artist Goffredo Gaeta
of the Faentina region, and greatly desired by Bishop Silvano
Montevecchi.  The title of the work, especially emotive, is The
Martyrs of the 1900s from the Vision of the Apocalypse, and indends
to celebrate all those countless men and women of the century just
concluded who have witnessed to the point of givign their lives for
love, their fidelity to Christ.

[The bass relief includes the figures of Maria Goretti (died, 1902),
Charles de Foucauld (+ 1916), Miguel Augustin Pro (+ 1927), Pavel
Florensky (+ 1937), Pavel Florensky (+ 1937), Maximilian Kolbe (+
1941), Edith Stein (+ 1942), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (+ 1945), Eugenio
Bossilikov (+ 1952), Emyle Biayenda (+1977) and...]


  • Oscar Romero (+ 1980). Archbishop of San Salvador, from Central
  America. Defender of peasants. Assassinated during the celebration
  of the Eucharist, by a sharpshooter from the ultra-rightist
government.

[MODERATOR'S NOTE: THE BASS RELIEF CONSTITUTES THE FIRST TIME THAT
THE IMAGE OF OSCAR ROMERO APPEARS IN ART WORK ADORNING THE EXTERIOR
OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.  A STATUTE OF ARCHBISHOP ROMERO AND OTHER
TWENTIETH CENTURY MARTYRS WAS UNVEILED AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY IN LONDON
IN 1998.]




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> UNA NUOVA OPERA ARTISTICA IMPREZIOSIRÀ LA CATTEDRALE ASCOLANA
> http://www.ilquotidiano.it/articoli/index.cfm?ida=41473
>
>  ASCOLI PICENO - Il 4 agosto verrà inaugurato un pannello
> bassorilievo in ceramica di 28 metri quadrati realizzato
dall'artista
> faentino Goffredo Gaeta e fortemente voluto dal Vescovo Silvano
> Montevecchi.
>
>  Domani sera, giovedì 4 agosto, alle ore 21, la Cattedrale di
Ascoli
> sarà impreziosita di una nuova opera d'arte: verrà infatti
inaugurato
> un pannello bassorilievo in ceramica di 28 metri quadrati
realizzato
> dall'artista faentino Goffredo Gaeta e fortemente voluto dal
Vescovo
> Silvano Montevecchi. Il titolo dell'opera, particolarmente
> significativo, è: I martiri del novecento nella visione
> dell'Apocalisse ed intende celebrare quella schiera innumerevole di
> uomini e donne che nel secolo appena trascorso hanno testimoniato,
> fino a donare la loro vita per amore, la loro adesione a Cristo.
>
>  Significativa anche la data scelta dalla Diocesi per
> l'inaugurazione: il 4 agosto, vigilia della festa del Patrono della
> città S.Emidio, primo vescovo e martire della chiesa ascolana. Una
> sorta di connessione ideale fra il martirio dei primi secoli del
> cristianesimo che ha portato il cristianesimo nelle nostre terre e
i
> martiri della nostra epoca che ci invitano a riscoprire le radici
> della nostra fede.
>
>  Giovedì sera interverranno all'inaugurazione, oltre al Vescovo
> Silvano Montevecchi, il Card. Achille Silvestrini, Prefetto emerito
> della Congregazione delle Chiese orientali che per primo ha
> incoraggiato il Vescovo nel portare a termine la sua felice
> intuizione; P. Augusto Gianfredda, Gesuita, che ha svolto il ruolo
di
> Consulente teologico nella realizzazione dell'opera; il prof.
> Goffredo Gaeta, validissimo ceramista faentino che ha realizzato il
> bassorilievo e l'Arch. Prof. Francesco Zurli, soprintendente
emerito
> ai monumenti di Ravena, Verona e Roma.
>
>  L'opera, interamente in ceramica, consiste in un bassorilievo di
> metri 6,92 per 4,11 ed esprime, oltre all'innegabile valore
> artistico, anche il riferimento ecumenico: la teoria dei martiri,
> rappresentata nel pannello, è guidata da S. Emidio e racchiude
> testimoni eminenti delle diverse confessioni cristiane. Ed infatti
il
> Vescovo nella brochure di presentazione scrive: "Tutte le
confessioni
> cristiane - cattolica, ortodossa e protestante - hanno vissuto
questa
> esperienza tanto da poter dire che esiste un ecumenismo dei
martiri".
> Ed inoltre egli stesso spiega il senso teologico-pastorale
> dell'opera: "Eravamo forse troppo abituati a pensare ai martiri in
> termini un po' lontani, quasi si trattasse di una categoria del
> passato, legata particolarmente ai primi secoli dell'era cristiana.
> La memoria dei martiri, voluta da Papa Giovanni Paolo II durante
> l'Anno Giubilare, ci ha aperto uno scenario sorprendente,
mostrandoci
> il nostro tempo particolarmente ricco di testimoni che, in un modo
o
> nell'altro, hanno saputo vivere il vangelo fino a dare la suprema
> prova del sangue".
>
>  I lavori per il posizionamento del pannello in Cattedrale (è stato
> collocato nella navata di sinistra, sulla parete dove insiste la
> cappella della Madonna delle Grazie) sono stati eseguiti in accordo
e
> con i permessi della Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici e per
> il Paesaggio delle Marche e la Soprintendenza per il Patrimonio
> Storico, Artistico e Etnoantropologico della Regione e con la
> collaborazione dell'Arch. Michele Picciolo per la direzione del
> delicato lavoro di montaggio, dell'Arch. Valerio Borzacchini che ha
> fornito le planimetrie della Cattedrale e della Ditta Gaspari che
ha
> celermente eseguito i lavori di posizionamento.
>
> Nella "moltitudine immensa di coloro che, passati per la grande
> tribolazione, hanno rese candide le loro vesti nel sangue
> dell'Agnello" (Ap 7,14), sono riconoscibili le figure di alcuni
> martiri del `900.
>
> • Maria Goretti (+ 1902). Giovane di nobili ideali cristiani,
vissuta
> nell'Agro Pontino, a Nettuno. Uccisa da un aggressore, dopo un
> tentativo di violenza sessuale. Canonizzata nel 1950 da Pio XII,
> come "martire della fede e del pudore".
> • Charles de Foucauld (+ 1916). Monaco trappista, presbitero.
Eremita
> nel Sahara algerino, a Tamanrasset, tra i Tuareg. Assassinato
durante
> un attacco di predoni del deserto. Approvate dalla Santa Sede, nel
> 1968, diverse congregazioni ispirate da Padre de Foucauld: le
Petites
> Soeurs du Sacré Coeur de Jésus, la Fraternité des petites Soeurs de
> Jésus e i Petits Frères de Jésus.
> • Miguel Augustin Pro (+ 1927). Presbitero della Compagnia di Gesù.
> Zelante nel ministero pastorale, dedito alle attività
assistenziali.
> Ingiustamente condannato dal regime anticattolico e fucilato nella
> Città del Messico. Beatificato nel 1988 da Papa Giovanni Paolo II.
> • Pavel Florensky (+ 1937). Professore all'Accademia di teologia di
> Mosca, filosofo,  epistemologo, matematico, fisico, inventore,
> musicista. Marito e padre di cinque figli. Presbitero della Chiesa
> Ortodossa. Deportato, dal regime stalinista, in Siberia e fucilato
> presso Leningrado.
> • Maksymilian Kolbe (+ 1941). Frate francescano polacco, offertosi
> per essere ucciso in sostituzione di un padre di famiglia, nel
campo
> di concentramento nazista di Auschwitz in Polonia. Canonizzato nel
> 1981 da Papa Giovanni Paolo II.
> • Edith Stein (+ 1942). Ebrea, filosofa, convertita al
cattolicesimo
> ed entrata nel Carmelo di Köln. Morta nei forni crematori del campo
> di concentramento nazista di Auschwitz in Polonia, offrendo il suo
> olocausto per il popolo di Israele. Canonizzata da Papa Giovanni
> Paolo II nel 1998. Proclamata copatrona d'Europa nel 1999.
> • Dietrich Bonhoeffer (+ 1945). Pastore luterano, uno fra i massimi
> teologi del Novecento, membro attivo della resistenza al na¬zismo.
> Impiccato, per ordine diretto di Hitler, nel campo di
concentramento
> di Flossenbürg.
> • Eugenio Bossilikov (+ 1952). Passionista. Vescovo di Nicopoli, in
> Bulgaria. Ucciso dal regime stalinista.
> • Emyle Biayenda (+1977). Cardinale Arcivescovo di Brazzaville, in
> Congo. Ucciso da un comando militare.
> • Oscar Romero (+ 1980). Arcivescovo di San Salvador, nell'America
> Centrale. Difensore dei campesinos. Ucciso, durante la celebrazione
> dell'Eucaristia, da un sicario del governo di estrema destra.

ARZOBISPO INSTA A POLÍTICOS A FORJAR UNA COSTA RICA MÁS EQUITATIVA
http://www.celam.org/noticelam/noticias2005/agencias2/8251.htm

SAN JOSE, 04 Ago. 05 (ACI).- Durante las celebraciones por el día de
la Patrona de Costa Rica, la Virgen de los Ángeles, el Arzobispo de
San José, Mons. Hugo Barrantes, instó a los políticos a forjar "un
país mas equitativo" y negociar bajo "principios de solidaridad y
justicia" el Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con Estados Unidos.

En una Eucaristía celebrada en la Basílica de los Ángeles en Cartago,
cerca de San José, el Prelado reconoció los esfuerzos impulsados por
el Presidente costarricense, Abel Pacheco, para combatir la pobreza y
la corrupción y agregó que lo que más preocupa es "la otra Costa
Rica, donde los más pobres ya no pueden salir por sí mismos de su
lamentable condición".

En su homilía, Mons. Barrantes instó a los diputados a cumplir con su
misión de aprobar leyes que favorezcan al país y manifestó su deseo
de que "la Asamblea Legislativa vuelva a ser el recinto de los Padres
de la Patria, donde los intereses subalternos no sigan dando al
ciudadano esa sensación de orfandad".

"La disyuntiva está en continuar produciendo riqueza concentrada o
asumir una estrategia de desarrollo sostenible con rostro humano. Es
hora de pensar en Costa Rica, es hora de trabajar unidos, porque nos
unimos o nos hundimos", agregó.

Según informó la prensa local, el número de asistentes a la provincia
de Cartago para las festividades de la Santa Patrona superó todas las
expectativas: Miles de personas no paraban de llegar a la Basílica
durante toda la mañana.

UNA NUOVA OPERA ARTISTICA IMPREZIOSIRÀ LA CATTEDRALE ASCOLANA
http://www.ilquotidiano.it/articoli/index.cfm?ida=41473

  ASCOLI PICENO - Il 4 agosto verrà inaugurato un pannello
bassorilievo in ceramica di 28 metri quadrati realizzato dall'artista
faentino Goffredo Gaeta e fortemente voluto dal Vescovo Silvano
Montevecchi.

  Domani sera, giovedì 4 agosto, alle ore 21, la Cattedrale di Ascoli
sarà impreziosita di una nuova opera d'arte: verrà infatti inaugurato
un pannello bassorilievo in ceramica di 28 metri quadrati realizzato
dall'artista faentino Goffredo Gaeta e fortemente voluto dal Vescovo
Silvano Montevecchi. Il titolo dell'opera, particolarmente
significativo, è: I martiri del novecento nella visione
dell'Apocalisse ed intende celebrare quella schiera innumerevole di
uomini e donne che nel secolo appena trascorso hanno testimoniato,
fino a donare la loro vita per amore, la loro adesione a Cristo.

  Significativa anche la data scelta dalla Diocesi per
l'inaugurazione: il 4 agosto, vigilia della festa del Patrono della
città S.Emidio, primo vescovo e martire della chiesa ascolana. Una
sorta di connessione ideale fra il martirio dei primi secoli del
cristianesimo che ha portato il cristianesimo nelle nostre terre e i
martiri della nostra epoca che ci invitano a riscoprire le radici
della nostra fede.

  Giovedì sera interverranno all'inaugurazione, oltre al Vescovo
Silvano Montevecchi, il Card. Achille Silvestrini, Prefetto emerito
della Congregazione delle Chiese orientali che per primo ha
incoraggiato il Vescovo nel portare a termine la sua felice
intuizione; P. Augusto Gianfredda, Gesuita, che ha svolto il ruolo di
Consulente teologico nella realizzazione dell'opera; il prof.
Goffredo Gaeta, validissimo ceramista faentino che ha realizzato il
bassorilievo e l'Arch. Prof. Francesco Zurli, soprintendente emerito
ai monumenti di Ravena, Verona e Roma.

  L'opera, interamente in ceramica, consiste in un bassorilievo di
metri 6,92 per 4,11 ed esprime, oltre all'innegabile valore
artistico, anche il riferimento ecumenico: la teoria dei martiri,
rappresentata nel pannello, è guidata da S. Emidio e racchiude
testimoni eminenti delle diverse confessioni cristiane. Ed infatti il
Vescovo nella brochure di presentazione scrive: "Tutte le confessioni
cristiane - cattolica, ortodossa e protestante - hanno vissuto questa
esperienza tanto da poter dire che esiste un ecumenismo dei martiri".
Ed inoltre egli stesso spiega il senso teologico-pastorale
dell'opera: "Eravamo forse troppo abituati a pensare ai martiri in
termini un po' lontani, quasi si trattasse di una categoria del
passato, legata particolarmente ai primi secoli dell'era cristiana.
La memoria dei martiri, voluta da Papa Giovanni Paolo II durante
l'Anno Giubilare, ci ha aperto uno scenario sorprendente, mostrandoci
il nostro tempo particolarmente ricco di testimoni che, in un modo o
nell'altro, hanno saputo vivere il vangelo fino a dare la suprema
prova del sangue".

  I lavori per il posizionamento del pannello in Cattedrale (è stato
collocato nella navata di sinistra, sulla parete dove insiste la
cappella della Madonna delle Grazie) sono stati eseguiti in accordo e
con i permessi della Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici e per
il Paesaggio delle Marche e la Soprintendenza per il Patrimonio
Storico, Artistico e Etnoantropologico della Regione e con la
collaborazione dell'Arch. Michele Picciolo per la direzione del
delicato lavoro di montaggio, dell'Arch. Valerio Borzacchini che ha
fornito le planimetrie della Cattedrale e della Ditta Gaspari che ha
celermente eseguito i lavori di posizionamento.

Nella "moltitudine immensa di coloro che, passati per la grande
tribolazione, hanno rese candide le loro vesti nel sangue
dell'Agnello" (Ap 7,14), sono riconoscibili le figure di alcuni
martiri del `900.

• Maria Goretti (+ 1902). Giovane di nobili ideali cristiani, vissuta
nell'Agro Pontino, a Nettuno. Uccisa da un aggressore, dopo un
tentativo di violenza sessuale. Canonizzata nel 1950 da Pio XII,
come "martire della fede e del pudore".
• Charles de Foucauld (+ 1916). Monaco trappista, presbitero. Eremita
nel Sahara algerino, a Tamanrasset, tra i Tuareg. Assassinato durante
un attacco di predoni del deserto. Approvate dalla Santa Sede, nel
1968, diverse congregazioni ispirate da Padre de Foucauld: le Petites
Soeurs du Sacré Coeur de Jésus, la Fraternité des petites Soeurs de
Jésus e i Petits Frères de Jésus.
• Miguel Augustin Pro (+ 1927). Presbitero della Compagnia di Gesù.
Zelante nel ministero pastorale, dedito alle attività assistenziali.
Ingiustamente condannato dal regime anticattolico e fucilato nella
Città del Messico. Beatificato nel 1988 da Papa Giovanni Paolo II.
• Pavel Florensky (+ 1937). Professore all'Accademia di teologia di
Mosca, filosofo,  epistemologo, matematico, fisico, inventore,
musicista. Marito e padre di cinque figli. Presbitero della Chiesa
Ortodossa. Deportato, dal regime stalinista, in Siberia e fucilato
presso Leningrado.
• Maksymilian Kolbe (+ 1941). Frate francescano polacco, offertosi
per essere ucciso in sostituzione di un padre di famiglia, nel campo
di concentramento nazista di Auschwitz in Polonia. Canonizzato nel
1981 da Papa Giovanni Paolo II.
• Edith Stein (+ 1942). Ebrea, filosofa, convertita al cattolicesimo
ed entrata nel Carmelo di Köln. Morta nei forni crematori del campo
di concentramento nazista di Auschwitz in Polonia, offrendo il suo
olocausto per il popolo di Israele. Canonizzata da Papa Giovanni
Paolo II nel 1998. Proclamata copatrona d'Europa nel 1999.
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer (+ 1945). Pastore luterano, uno fra i massimi
teologi del Novecento, membro attivo della resistenza al na¬zismo.
Impiccato, per ordine diretto di Hitler, nel campo di concentramento
di Flossenbürg.
• Eugenio Bossilikov (+ 1952). Passionista. Vescovo di Nicopoli, in
Bulgaria. Ucciso dal regime stalinista.
• Emyle Biayenda (+1977). Cardinale Arcivescovo di Brazzaville, in
Congo. Ucciso da un comando militare.
• Oscar Romero (+ 1980). Arcivescovo di San Salvador, nell'America
Centrale. Difensore dei campesinos. Ucciso, durante la celebrazione
dell'Eucaristia, da un sicario del governo di estrema destra.

Queremos avisarle de este evento que se aproxima.

Memorial: Cecilia Rauda Sibrián

Fecha: jueves, agosto 4, 2005
Hora: todo el día

(Laica) Nació 1901. Lugar y Fecha del Martirio. Le invadieron
su casa y la capturaron el 4 de agosto de 1980.

Se ocupaba de promover actividades Religiosas y preparaba
niños de primera comunión (catequista) y por encontrarle
la Biblia la señalaron y la persiguieron.

El 4 de agosto de 1980, le invadieron su casa y la capturaron,
la atropellaron y la golpearon brutalmente hasta darle muerte;
luego robaron sus pertenencias y le dieron fuego a su casa.

Los responsable de este hecho fueron Soldados del Destacamento
Militar No. 1 de Chalatenango, ubicados en el Cantón
Guarjila, juntamente con miembros de “ORDEN”

http://romeroes.com/martires.html

Queremos avisarle de este evento que se aproxima.

Memorial: P. Alirio Napoleón Macias

Fecha: jueves, agosto 4, 2005
Hora: todo el día

Martyr, machine-gunned at the altar of his parish church.  "We
offer a Church stained with its own blood, a Church that dons
white garments, but they are stained with persecution."
(Archbishop Romero) - August 4, 1979.

Mártir, ametrallado sobre el altar de su parroquia:
"Ofrecemos una Iglesia manchada de sangre, una Iglesia con sus
vestidos blancos pero manchados de persecución" (Mons.
Romero) - 4 de agosto de 1979.

From Tim's El Salvador Blog:
August 2, 2005



Art in the countryside

The San Francisco Chronicle has a story about residents of the San
Francisco area who have been bringing art classes and opportunities to
rural areas of El Salvador where the civil war once waged fiercely.
Here is an excerpt:

     [Events of the war] still color life in El Salvador, presenting
the Bay Area artists with a challenge on how to engage students with
their own history, and let art help them transcend it.

     "People have never been given any means to express what happened
here," said Eicher. "Every once in awhile there is a little explosion
of warfare in their drawings. Not withstanding what happened here, we
brought techniques and materials to kids and teachers, and that's what
we are here for. But I'm much more interested in rooting it, in
getting a little bit deeper."

     "Politics is the reducing of something that is far more complex,"
added Bernardi. "There are certain things that art can get that
politics cannot."


Another example of people-to-people relationships which can transcend
the politics of free trade agreements or the coalitions of the
willing.


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links to other resources, visit Tim's El Salvador Blog at
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at news, events and issues in El Salvador, mostly as reflected in the
English language press.

LEYENDO LAS SEÑALES: LOS SEGUIDORES DE MONSEÑOR ROMERO EN ROMA ESTÁN
SONRIENDO

Por Cindy Wooden (traducción CXC)
Servicio Noticiero Católico
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0504360.htm

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- En una ciudad en que señas pequeñas
frequentemente se leen como señales serias, seguidores de la
canonización del arzobispo salvadoreño Óscar A. Romero estuvieron
sonriendo este verano.

A mediados de julio, el periódico vaticano publicó una reseña de una
nueva biografía italiana del arzobispo de San Salvador, asesinado
mientras celebraba la Misa en 1980 en una pequeña capilla de un
hospital.

El periódico, L'Osservatore Romano, dedicó dos terceras partes de una
página al análisis positivo de "Primero Dios: Vita di Oscar A.
Romero" ("Primero Dios: la vida de Óscar A. Romero") por Roberto
Morozzo della Rocca, un profesor de historia contemporaria en Roma.

Pero aún más propicio para los seguidores de la causa, la reseña
enfatizaba la opinión de Morozzo que Monseñor Romero no era un
comunista, que no había aceptado una versión de la teología de la
liberación tan fuertemente enfocada en realidades de la tierra que
ignoraba lo espiritual, y que siempre fue fiel a las enseñanzas de
los papas.

La reseña era acompañada de una foto del papa, Juan Pablo II, rezando
en la tumba del arzobispo asesinado durante una visita a San Salvador
en 1983.

Morozzo dijo que la reseña en el periódico vaticano ha sido
importante.

"No era un libro que sería automaticamente analisado porque la
memoria de Romero no es completamente positiva en toda esfera de la
iglesia," le dijo a Servicio Noticiero Católico el 27 de julio.

"Y fue un análisis serio," dijo él.  "El espacio dedicado fue
impresionante y subrayó el hecho de que él amaba a Roma y sintió
profundamente su obligación de permanecer fiel a los papas."

Elisabetta Lomoro, portavoz del obispo italiano oficialmente
encargado de promover la causa de Monseñor Romero, llamó la
publicación un "comprobante adicional" de que "despues de una pausa,
el proceso comienza a acelerarse."

El postulador de la causa, el obispo Vincenzo Paglia de Terni, Narni,
y Amelia, se encontraba afuera de la ciudad y no se podía comunicar
para comentarlo.  Pero Lomoro dijo que Mons. Paglia había informado a
los obispos de El Salvador que la causa "había pasado por la primera
etapa de verificación en la Congregación por la Doctrina de la Fe,
donde había estado desde el año 2000.  Ahora está avanzando otra vez
en la Congregación por las Causas de los Santos."

Oficiales en la congregación doctrinal dijeron que no comentan sobre
casos individuales que se les pide revisar.  Sin embargo, dijo uno de
ellos, es práctica normal que la congregación revise homilías y
trabajo escrito de los candidatos para la beatificación y la
canonización.

Cuando los materiales son voluminos, enfocados en la fe y la moral, y
son controvertidos -- como es el caso de Monseñor Romero -- la
congregación normalmente le pide a expertos externos que realizen el
estudio inicial de la materia, dijo el oficial.

Morozzo dijo que solamente las transcripciones de las homilías de
Monseñor Romero corren como 3,000 páginas; en el último año de su
vida no era fuera de lo normal que predicara hasta dos horas en la
Misa Dominical.

"La congregación doctrinal ha quitado todas las dudas sobre su
ortodoxia," dijo Morozzo, "y por tanto el proceso a comenzado a
avanzar de nuevo en la Congregación para las Causas de los Santos."

El próximo gran cañizo para la causa sería la resolución de la
pregunta persistente: ¿Fue Monseñor Romero asesinado por su fe o fue
matado por una posición política suya?

"Yo sostengo que lo mataron por sus declaraciones públicas, que
fueron expresiones de su fe," dijo Morozzo.  "Odiaron la fe de
Romero, una fe que exijía el amor, la caridad, y la justicia."

"Solo era la fe que lo llevó a hablar publicamente.  El era un pastor
y cuando sus sacerdotes y sus campesinos eran matados, cuando la
gente era desaparecida, el tuvo que denunciarlo," dijo el profesor.

Si la política hubiese sido la motivación principal, dijo él,
hubieran perseguido primero a los líderes de los partidos opositores.

"Ellos vieron que la fe de Romero estaba iluminando el pueblo, y no
podían soportarlo.  Lo odiaban.  Lo mataron por odio de la fe," dijo
Morozzo, usando la descripción tradicional del martirio.

La reseña del libro en L'Osservatore describía a Romero como "el
arzobispo-mártir, asesinado por la fe, en el altar."

Morozzo dijo que un gran problema persistente es "la utilización
política de Monseñor Romero."

Dijo que en América Latina había visto camisetas ilustrando a
Monseñor Romero con "Ché" Guevara, el revolucionario cubano.

"Si su figura (de Monseñor Romero) es entendida como politica, es un
problema para la Iglesia," dijo Morozzo.  "No quieren un santo
compartiendo una camiseta con Ché Guevara."






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> READING THE SIGNS: ARCHBISHOP ROMERO'S BACKERS ARE SMILING IN ROME
> http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0504360.htm
>
> By Cindy Wooden
> Catholic News Service
> Jul-29-2005
>
> VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In a city where small signs often are read as
> serious signals, supporters of the canonization of Salvadoran
> Archbishop Oscar A. Romero were smiling this summer.
>
> In mid-July, the Vatican newspaper published a review of a new
> Italian biography of the archbishop of San Salvador, murdered as he
> celebrated Mass in 1980 in a small hospital chapel.
>
> The newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, dedicated two-thirds of a page
> to the positive review of "Primero Dios: Vita di Oscar A. Romero"
> ("God First: The Life of Oscar A. Romero") by Roberto Morozzo della
> Rocca, a professor of contemporary history in Rome.
>
> But, even more promising to supporters of the cause, the review
> highlighted Morozzo's position that Archbishop Romero was not a
> communist, that he had not embraced a form of liberation theology
so
> heavily focused on earthly realities that it ignored the spiritual,
> and that he always was faithful to the teaching of the popes.
>
> The review was accompanied by a photograph of Pope John Paul II
> praying at the slain archbishop's tomb during a visit to San
Salvador
> in 1983.
>
> The Vatican newspaper's review was important, Morozzo said.
>
> "It was not a book that would have been reviewed automatically
> because the memory of Romero is not totally positive in every
sphere
> of the church," he told Catholic News Service July 27.
>
> "And it was a serious review," he said. "The space given was
> significant and it underlined the fact that he loved Rome and felt
> deeply his obligation to remain faithful to the popes."
>
> Elisabetta Lomoro, spokeswoman for the Italian bishop officially
> charged with promoting Archbishop Romero's cause, called the
> publication "further proof" that "after a stall the process is
> picking up again."
>
> The postulator of the cause, Bishop Vincenzo Paglia of Terni, Narni
> and Amelia, was out of town and could not be reached for comment.
But
> Lomoro said Bishop Paglia had informed the bishops of El Salvador
> that the cause "had passed the first phase of verification in the
> Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, where it had been since
> 2000. Now it is moving forward again in the Congregation for
Saints'
> Causes."
>
> Officials at the doctrinal congregation said they do not comment on
> individual causes they are asked to review. However, one said, it
is
> normal practice for the congregation to review the homilies and
> written work of candidates for beatification and canonization.
>
> When the material is voluminous, focused on faith and morals and
> controversial -- as in the case of Archbishop Romero -- the
> congregation usually asks outside experts to conduct the initial
> review of the material, the official said.
>
> Morozzo said the transcripts of Archbishop Romero's homilies alone
> run about 3,000 pages; in the last year of his life it was not
> unusual for him to preach for up to two hours at Sunday Mass.
>
> "The doctrinal congregation has lifted all doubts about his
> orthodoxy," Morozzo said, "and so the process has begun moving
again
> in the Congregation for Saints' Causes."
>
> The next big hurdle for the cause would be the resolution of the
> continuing question: Was Archbishop Romero martyred for his faith
or
> murdered because of his political stand?
>
> "I maintain that they killed him because of his public positions,
> which were expressions of his faith," Morozzo said. "They hated the
> faith of Romero, a faith which called for love, charity and justice.
>
> "It was faith alone that led him to speak publicly. He was a
pastor,
> and when his priests and 'campesinos' were being killed, when
people
> were disappearing, he had to speak out," the professor said.
>
> If politics had been the main motive, he said, they would have gone
> after the leaders of the opposition parties first.
>
> "They saw that the faith of Romero was enlightening the nation, and
> they could not stand it. They hated it. They killed him out
> of 'hatred for the faith,'" Morozzo said, using the traditional
> description of martyrdom.
>
> The book review in L'Osservatore described the Salvadoran as "the
> archbishop-martyr, assassinated for the faith at the altar."
>
> Morozzo said a big, persistent problem is "the political use of
> Archbishop Romero."
>
> He said in Latin America he had seen T-shirts picturing Archbishop
> Romero and Che Guevara, the Cuban revolutionary.
>
> "If his (Archbishop Romero's) figure is seen as political, it is a
> problem for the church," Morozzo said. "They do not want a saint
> sharing a T-shirt with Che Guevara."