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#135 The Impact of Monsignor Romero on the Churches of El Salvador and the United States

By José Jorge Simán

Abstract

As we reflect on the influence the Church in an underdeveloped country has exercised over the Church in the most powerful country on earth, we may wonder why the Salvadoran Church has come to play this part. The historical elements we have introduced in this work provide the context for this influence, and it is interesting to note that the figure of Romero has served as the catalyst.

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