{"id":1249,"date":"2018-10-14T07:54:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T07:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cordaid.org\/en\/?p=1249"},"modified":"2022-09-06T10:12:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T10:12:38","slug":"oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00d3scar Romero: a voice of justice for the poor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"section section--core \"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-8 offset-md-2 block-wrapper\"><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Today, Pope Francis praised and canonized Oscar Romero, the archbishop of El Salvador who became a voice of justice for the poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Monsenor_Romero_1979.jpg\" alt=\"\u00d3scar Romero\" class=\"wp-image-1251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Monsenor_Romero_1979.jpg 589w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Monsenor_Romero_1979-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Monsenor_Romero_1979-55x44.jpg 55w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><figcaption>\u00d3scar Romero in 1979<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Romero courageously spoke out against violations of human rights of the most vulnerable people and defended the principles of protecting lives, promoting human dignity and opposing all forms of violence. As a member of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caritas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Caritas Internationalis<\/a>, Cordaid&nbsp;honors his bravery and dedication, which has been an inspiration for our work throughout the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read this <a href=\"https:\/\/cafod.org.uk\/News\/International-news\/About-Oscar-Romero\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article about Oscar Romero<\/a> on the CAFOD website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caritas.eu\/blog\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor-oppressed-and-the-vulnerable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00d3scar Romero a voice of justice for the poor oppressed and the vulnerable<\/a> by&nbsp;Maryana Hnyp of Caritas Europa.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis praised and canonized Oscar Romero, the archbishop of El Salvador who became of a voice of justice for the poor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"topic_tax":[16],"country_tax":[],"class_list":["post-1249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","topic_tax-cordaid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00d3scar Romero: a voice of justice for the poor - Cordaid International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pope Francis praised and canonized Oscar Romero, the archbishop of El Salvador who became of a voice of justice for the poor.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u00d3scar Romero: a voice of justice for the poor - Cordaid International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pope Francis praised and canonized Oscar Romero, the archbishop of El Salvador who became of a voice of justice for the poor.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cordaid International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-14T07:54:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-06T10:12:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Monsenor_Romero_1979.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"589\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"470\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"frankvanlierde\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@support_ll\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"frankvanlierde\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"frankvanlierde\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/171aba01d7bb3d207318fbe0267317f3\"},\"headline\":\"\u00d3scar Romero: a voice of justice for the poor\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-14T07:54:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-06T10:12:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":122,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/Monsenor_Romero_1979.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u00d3scar Romero: a voice of justice for the poor - Cordaid International\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/Monsenor_Romero_1979.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-14T07:54:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-06T10:12:38+00:00\",\"description\":\"Pope Francis praised and canonized Oscar Romero, the archbishop of El Salvador who became of a voice of justice for the poor.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/Monsenor_Romero_1979.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/Monsenor_Romero_1979.jpg\",\"width\":589,\"height\":470,\"caption\":\"\u00d3scar Romero in 1979\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u00d3scar Romero: a voice of justice for the poor\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cordaid International\",\"description\":\"Working in and on fragility\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Cordaid International\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/cordaid-favicon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/cordaid-favicon.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1200,\"caption\":\"Cordaid International\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/171aba01d7bb3d207318fbe0267317f3\",\"name\":\"frankvanlierde\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9ce6310b66577e161e14d1c79e5bc4a73360f5b5bad7e2feb46cb44c850cf3ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9ce6310b66577e161e14d1c79e5bc4a73360f5b5bad7e2feb46cb44c850cf3ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9ce6310b66577e161e14d1c79e5bc4a73360f5b5bad7e2feb46cb44c850cf3ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"frankvanlierde\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/support_ll\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cordaid.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/author\\\/frankvanlierde\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u00d3scar Romero: a voice of justice for the poor - Cordaid International","description":"Pope Francis praised and canonized Oscar Romero, the archbishop of El Salvador who became of a voice of justice for the poor.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u00d3scar Romero: a voice of justice for the poor - Cordaid International","og_description":"Pope Francis praised and canonized Oscar Romero, the archbishop of El Salvador who became of a voice of justice for the poor.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\/","og_site_name":"Cordaid International","article_published_time":"2018-10-14T07:54:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-09-06T10:12:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":589,"height":470,"url":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Monsenor_Romero_1979.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"frankvanlierde","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@support_ll","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"frankvanlierde","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\/"},"author":{"name":"frankvanlierde","@id":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/171aba01d7bb3d207318fbe0267317f3"},"headline":"\u00d3scar Romero: a voice of justice for the poor","datePublished":"2018-10-14T07:54:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-06T10:12:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\/"},"wordCount":122,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Monsenor_Romero_1979.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\/","url":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\/","name":"\u00d3scar Romero: a voice of justice for the poor - Cordaid International","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Monsenor_Romero_1979.jpg","datePublished":"2018-10-14T07:54:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-06T10:12:38+00:00","description":"Pope Francis praised and canonized Oscar Romero, the archbishop of El Salvador who became of a voice of justice for the poor.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Monsenor_Romero_1979.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Monsenor_Romero_1979.jpg","width":589,"height":470,"caption":"\u00d3scar Romero in 1979"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/oscar-romero-a-voice-of-justice-for-the-poor\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u00d3scar Romero: a voice of justice for the poor"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/","name":"Cordaid International","description":"Working in and on fragility","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Cordaid International","url":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cordaid-favicon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cordaid-favicon.png","width":1200,"height":1200,"caption":"Cordaid International"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/171aba01d7bb3d207318fbe0267317f3","name":"frankvanlierde","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9ce6310b66577e161e14d1c79e5bc4a73360f5b5bad7e2feb46cb44c850cf3ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9ce6310b66577e161e14d1c79e5bc4a73360f5b5bad7e2feb46cb44c850cf3ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9ce6310b66577e161e14d1c79e5bc4a73360f5b5bad7e2feb46cb44c850cf3ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"frankvanlierde"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/support_ll"],"url":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/author\/frankvanlierde\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1261,"href":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions\/1261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic_tax?post=1249"},{"taxonomy":"country_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country_tax?post=1249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}