BEATIFICATION OF ARCHBISHOP ROMERO,
MAY 23, 2015
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| Blessed Romero (3rd from left), with St. John Paul II at the Vatican. |
Reports that
Pope Francis is considering dedicating not just his next encyclical, but
perhaps the next Synod of Bishops, to issues of war and peace raises the
prospect that such a synod could coincide with a future Romero
canonization. Pope Paul VI, the author
of Humanae Vitae was beatified in connection with the 2014 Synod, and the
parents of St. Thérèse of Lisieux were canonized in connection with the 2015
Synod, due to their connection to the family issues in play at those
synods. Who best to showcase the
church’s reaction to war and peace than the archbishop who became a martyr
while trying to stem a civil war in the late twentieth century?
The
Pope would like to dedicate the next Synod of Bishops to the theme of peace.
After the topic of the family, on which Francis entrusted the discussion during
the last two Synods that led to the formulation of the Amoris Laetitia document, it is the topic of universal peace — ANSA
has learned — that is most dear to the pontiff, who would like it discussed in
the next Synodal assembly, involving the world’s bishops. The topic was
discussed on 18 and 19 April in the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat
of the Synod, in the presence of the Pope who attended throughout.
Archbishop
Romero was beatified in May 2015. The
church is gathering evidence of miracles worked through his intercession to
pave the way for his canonization, in hopes that it could take place on or
before 2017, the centennial of Romero’s birth.
Such a timeframe could also coincide with the next synod, which has not
yet been formally scheduled.
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