As a result of being a pro bono asylum lawyer for Salvadorans, 1986-2001, I learned about the amazing work of Oscar Romero, the Archbishop of San Salvador, and regarded him as my personal saint long before he was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.[1] I, therefore, was in El Salvador on March 24, 2000 to … Continue reading Remembering Archbishop Oscar Romero (Now Saint Romero)
Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero (now Saint Romero) has been a personal saint for this Protestant (Presbyterian) since 1989, and I was blessed to be able to attend the 20th and 30th anniversary commemorations of his 1980 brutal assassination and lament I was unable to attend the 40th anniversary this March 24th.[1] A moving reflection on … Continue reading Another Reflection on 40th Anniversary of Oscar Romero’s Assassination
On February 21, Pope Francis approved the beatification of Padre Rutilio Grande, a Salvadoran Jesuit priest who was murdered on March 12, 1977, by a Salvadoran death squad for his advocacy for people who were persecuted by the country’s military and death squads.[1] His ministry and slaying inspired then Archbishop Oscar Romero (now Saint Romero) … Continue reading Pope Francis Approves Beatification of Padre Rutilio Grande
Carolyn Forché, an American poet and author, [1] then 27-29 years old, lived in El Salvador, January 1978—March 1980. Her memoir recounts her amazing sojourn in this country, which then was on the precipice of a brutal civil war.[2] As an admirer of Monseñor (now Saint) Oscar Romero, I was especially interested in her accounts … Continue reading One of Saint Oscar Romero’s Final Conversations
A prior post discussed poet-memoirist Carolyn Forché’s four encounters with Archbishop (now Saint) Oscar Romero that were included in her memoir, What You Have Heard Is True. Recently Forché had additional comments about Romero in an interview by Robin Lindley, a Seattle-based writer and attorney and features editor of the History Notes Network.[1]Here is what … Continue reading Carolyn Forché’s Additional Comments about Saint Oscar Romero
# Date Title Personal 42 05/22/11 The Sanctuary Movement Case 44 05/24/11 Becoming a Pro Bono Asylum Lawyer 45 05/25/11 My Pilgrimage to El Salvador, April 1989 El Salvador’s Amnesty Law 61 06/11/11 International Criminal Justice: El Salvador’s General Amnesty Law and Its Impact on the Jesuits Case 63 06/14/11 El Salvador’s General … Continue reading List of Posts to dwkcommentaries—Topical: EL SALVADOR
On October 14, 2018, Pope Francis at the Vatican canonized Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador. The Vatican’s press release briefly stated the following: “Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated on March 24, 1980 as he was saying Mass in the chapel of the Divine Providence cancer hospital where he lived. He was an outspoken voice … Continue reading The Canonization of Oscar Romero
# Date Title Personal Reflections 8 04/06/11 My Christian Faith 8A 07/07/16 Correction Regarding “We Are Prophets of a Future Not Our Own” 186 12/25/11 Merry Christmas! 45 05/25/11 My Pilgrimage to El Salvador, April 1989 466 02/06/14 My General Thoughts on Vocation 475 02/23/14 My Vocations 221 03/08/12 Intimations of Mortality … Continue reading List of Posts to dwkcommentaries—Topical: RELIGION
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) has proposed a rule that would significantly shorten the time for asylum seekers to file their paperwork for asylum and to amend that paperwork.[1] Given my experience as a pro bono attorney for such individuals, I filed with the EOIR a comment objecting to … Continue reading Objections to Proposed U.S. Rule Changing Asylum Procedures
Number Date Title January 2020 1515 01/01/20 Pope Francis Reminding Us To Welcome, Protect, Promote and Integrate Refugees and Migrants 1516 01/03/20 Another U.S. Designation of Cubans Inelligible To Enter U.S. 1498A 01/07/20 North Dakota County Affirms Consent to Refugee Resettlement 1517 01/07/20 Five More States Have Consented to Refugee Resettlement 1518 01/08/20 … Continue reading List of Posts to dwkcommentaries–Chronological (2020)
