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Oscar Romero Prophet Of Hope

Della Rocca Roberto Morozzo

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Item Code

170555

EAN/UPC

9780819854667

Publisher

Pauline Books & Media B

Saint Óscar Romero is an icon of Gospel courage and heroism. In this riveting biography, historian Roberto Morozzo della Rocca traces Romero's journey of personal holiness, love for the Church, and commitment to the poor and defenseless. Drawing from official archives, unpublished documents, and his close collaboration with the postulator for Romero's cause for canonization, Della Rocca narrates Romero's life, illuminates his relationship with Saint John Paul II, and highlights his pastoral outreach to those in need. The resulting portrait celebrates Romero as a true prophet of hope, a saint for our times who continues to remind us that "Nothing on this earth has absolute value; everything is relative compared with the one and only Absolute." Winner of an Association of Catholic Publishers (ACP) Excellence in Publishing Award.

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Format:

Paperback

Pages:

256

Dimensions(Inches):

5.25 x 8.00

About the author

Roberto Morozzo della Rocca (b. 1955) teaches modern history at Roma Tre University. He specializes in the relation between religions and nations and also in the relation between modernity and the sacred, a subject on which he has published a dozen volumes, some of which have been translated into various languages. Among his most recent publications are Passaggio a Oriente: La modernità e l'Europa ortodossa [Passage to the East: Modernity and Orthodox Europe] (Brescia, 2012) and Tra Est e Ovest: Agostino Casaroli diplomatico vaticano [Between East and West: Agostino Casaroli, Vatican Diplomat] (Cinisello Balsamo, 2014). Since the 1990s he has been conducting research into the political and religious history of Latin America, in particular the figure of Oscar Romero. His findings are included in the anthology Oscar Romero: Un vescovo centroamericano tra guerra fredda e rivoluzione [Oscar Romero: A Central American Bishop between Cold War and Revolution] (Milan, Cinisello Balsamo, 2002) and in an initial scholarly biographical volume entitled Primero Dios: Vita di Oscar Romero [God First: The Life of Oscar Romero] (Milan, Cinisello Balsamo, 2005), after which he was invited to collaborate as an expert on the process for the canonization of the bishop and martyr. The present biography of Romero is therefore the result of many years of study.

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