Archbishop Rowan Williams leads Anglican delegation at canonization of Oscar Romero

Posted Oct 15, 2018

[Anglican Communion News Service] The former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams led an Anglican delegation to the Vatican this weekend for the canonization of Oscar Romero.  Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby sent a letter to Pope Francis in which he described the former archbishop of San Salvador, who was assassinated as he celebrated Mass in March 1980, as “a true example to all Christians, and particularly to our fellow bishops.” The weekend’s service at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, also saw the canonization of Pope Paul VI and five other saints: Francesco Spinelli, Vincenzo Romano, Maria Catherine Kasper, Nazaria Ignazia of Saint Teresa of Jesus, and Nuncio Sulprizio.

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