World Refugee Day

Today is World Refugee day, and I wanted to do something really nice and find information about them. I hope you enjoy and please leave a helpful, thoughtful comment.

Oscar Romero- Report

Oscar Romero was born in South America-Ciudad, El Salvador on August 15th 1917. He was a Catholic priest during the 1960s, but around the 1970s he became Archbishop of El Salvador.  When his friend Rutilio Grande died for standing up for the poor, Oscar Romero had  a conversion of heart and spoke for the poor, poverty and social justice.

After seeing numbers of violations of human rights, he stood up and spoke on behalf of the poor and victims that had been accused. Oscar Romero helped the poor by giving them what he had. He also prayed and organised peace marches and speeches showing that he cared. The government was angry at Oscar Romero because they did not like it when he was spreading the Christian word.Even though he knew that his life was in danger he did not stop defending the troubled.

On March 24th 1980 the people who he angered shot him while he was celebrating Mass. This was in the chapel of the hospital where he lived. His funeral was attended by more than 250,000 people of the world. This turned to violence as the soldiers began to shoot the crowd, killing 40 people. For the people of El Salvador, Romero was a hero, a Christian who was prepared to speak against a bad government and challenge human rights abuses.

Oscar Romero
By Mele

References:

http://myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=Romero_memorial_ms_06_ul

http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/mar/23/features11.g21