Thirty-five years after his assassination, Pope Francis has declared him a martyr. Oscar Romero Prophet of Hope gives readers a heightened understanding of his Gospel courage and heroism. Working closely with the postulator for the cause, historian Roberto Morozzo della Rocca had unique access to the official archives detailing Romero’s life and unpublished documents showing his relationship with St. John Paul II and his pastoral outreach to those in need. The biography traces out Romero’s journey of personal holiness and his love for the Church and for the poor and defenseless. Through his life and through his martyrdom, Romero remains a prophet of hope, who continues to remind us: “Let us give to the things of this earth their relative value. Let us not make wealth an absolute, nor the struggle, nor the party, nor the organization. Nothing on this earth has absolute value; everything is relative compared with the one and only Absolute.”
