No date was
announced this week for the beatification of Archbishop Óscar A. Romero.
As a result, there were no new announcements regarding other
commemorative events, which will be planned contingent on the beatification
date.
The lack of an
announcement this week makes it seem unlikely that the beatification will take
place on March 24, the 35th anniversary of Romero’s martyrdom, which had
appeared within striking distance last week.
Now, sources on the ground tell Super
Martyrio that the scuttlebutt is that the announcement of a date will be
made on the anniversary, though the same sources cautioned that this is just
speculation, as there has been no information from official sources.
According to
President Salvador Sánchez Cerén, the church-government beatification planning
commission includes Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele, Apostolic Nuncio to El
Salvador; Msgr. José Luis Escobar Alas, Archbishop of San Salvador; Salvadoran
Foreign Minister Hugo Martínez; and Secretary of Governability and
Communications Franzi Hato Hasbún Barake (pictured). However, according to
sources from the commission, the date will be decided by the Vatican. They specifically say the Pope.
In case you
missed it, here are the significant recent developments in the case:
·
Thursday, January 8, 2015: a Particular Congress of Theologians
at the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, having reviewed the over 1,100
page-long ‘Positio’,
votes unanimously to recognize
that Archbishop Romero was killed ‘in
odium fidei’
·
Tuesday, February 3, 2015: the commission of cardinals and
bishops at the CCS votes, again, unanimously, to ratify the previous
theologians’ vote recognizing Archbishop Romero’s martyrdom
·
Tuesday, February 3, 2015: that same day, Pope
Francis approves a decree recognizing Archbishop Romero’s martyrdom
·
Wednesday, February 4, 2015: Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, postulator
of the cause, holds a Vatican press conference, informing on the case, but not
announcing a date
Super Martyrio will continue to monitor developments
and provide an update every Friday regarding plans for the beatification, as
well as for commemorations of Romero's anniversary in March and his birthday in
August.
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