Oscar Romero, Patron Saint of Church Asylum

In this Romero Lecture, the author analyzes how and why we can consider Oscar Romero the patron saint of church asylum by focusing on his responses to the occupations of the cathedral in San Salvador in the mid-to-late 1970s. Can cathedrals and churches legitimately serve as sites of refuge from and...

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Main Author: Guardado, Leo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters 2022
In: Louvain studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 45, Issue: 2, Pages: 177-193
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Romero, Oscar A., Saint 1917-1980 / Catedral Metropolitana de San Salvador (San Salvador, El Salvador) / Geschichte 1978 / Patron saint / Asylum / Church
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBR Latin America
KCD Hagiography; saints
KDB Roman Catholic Church
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