Elsa Peretti Letter From Romero

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In turn, Bernal's deportation enraged Fr. Rutilio Grande, who worked in the neighboring parish of Aguilares. On Feb. Elsa Peretti Cross pendant, 1977, he gave a strong and impassioned sermon, denouncing the deportation: "Foreigner? But this is not the question. It is the question of Elsa Peretti it means to be a Christian today, to be a priest today, in our country and on our continent, which is suffering its hour of martyrdom. It is dangerous to be a Christian in our environment."

A month later, on March 12, 1977, Grande became the first martyred priest in El Salvador. And most agree that it was Grande's murder that began Romero's evolution from conservative prelate to passionate advocate against repression and injustice.

And now Romero himself Elsa Peretti Crucifix pendant a martyr.

It seemed hard to believe. I remembered how when I first interviewed Bernal about Romero in his parish house in Puerto Elsa Peretti Double Open Heart bangle, he had handed me a letter from Romero.