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Title
People at mass remembering archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero, San Salvador, 1983
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1983-02-24
Publication Information
California State University, Northridge
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Richard Cross Photographs (Bradley Center)
Rights Information
Use of images from the collections of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center is strictly prohibited by law without prior written consent from the copyright holders. The responsibility for the use of these materials rests exclusively with the user.
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Description
A crowd of mostly women of different ages and young girls in the foreground, at mass in a San Salvador cathedral during the third anniversary of the assassination of archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero. The mass was held by Archbishop Arturo Rivera y Damas. Romero was shot as he celebrated mass in a hospital chapel on March 24, 1980. Pope Francis canonized Romero, now Saint O?scar Romero, in 2018. The United Nations-led Truth Commission investigation concluded in 1983 that Roberto d'Aubuisson, a right wing politician that set up anti-communist death squads in El Salvador, was responsible for the murder of Romero but he was never brought to justice.
La gente, en su mayoría mujeres de diferentes edades y niñas, en la misa en la catedral de San Salvador durante el tercer aniversario del asesinato del arzobispo Óscar Arnulfo Romero. La misa fue celebrada por el arzobispo Arturo Rivera y Damas. Romero recibió un disparo cuando celebró una misa en la capilla de un hospital el 24 de marzo de 1980. El Papa Francisco canonizó a Romero, ahora Santo Óscar Romero, en 2018. La investigación de la Comisión de la Verdad dirigida por las Naciones Unidas concluyó en 1983 que Roberto d'Aubuisson, un político de derecha que creó un escuadrones de la muerte anticomunistas en El Salvador, fue responsable del asesinato de Romero, pero nunca fue llevado ante la justicia.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
color slides
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.sl.B11.04.28.08
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/3041
Subject
Civil war
Anniversaries
Catholic Church
Religion
Romero, Óscar A. (Óscar Arnulfo), Saint, 1917-1980
El Salvador--History--1979-1992
El Salvador--Politics and Government--1979-1992
El Salvador--Social Conditions
Place
San Salvador (El Salvador)
Relation
99.01.RCr.sl.B11.04.28.08.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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