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My life has been threatened many times. I have to confess that as a Christian, I do not believe in death without resurrection. if they kill me, I will rise again in the Salvadoran people…As a shepherd, I am obliged to by divine law to give my life for those I love, for the entire Salvadoran people, including those Salvadorans who threaten to assassinate me. If they should go as far as to carry out their threats, I want you to know that I now offer my blood to god for justice and the resurrection of El Salvador…My death will be for the liberation of my people and a testimony of hope for the future.A bishop will die, but the church of God, which is the people, will never perish.
— Archbishop Oscar Romero of el Salvador assassinated 29 years ago today by US-trained assassins
