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"The church cannot be deaf or mute before the entreaty of millions of persons who cry out for liberation, persons oppressed by a thousand slaveries. But the church tells them what is the true liberty they must seek:

the freedom that Christ began on earth when he rose and burst the chains of sin, of death, and of hell. It is to be like Christ, free of sin, to be truly free, with true liberation.

Those who put their faith in the Risen One and work for a world more just, who protest against the injustices of the present system, against the abuses of unjust authorities, against the wrongfulness of humans exploiting humans; all those who begin their struggle with the resurrection of the Great Liberator - they alone are authentic Christians."

-March 26th, 1978

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"Thus, the poor have shown the church the true way to go. A church that does not join the poor, in order to speak our fromj the side of the poor against the injustices committed against them, is not the true church of Jesus Christ."

-Feb 17th, 1980

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"We have never preached violence, except the violence of love, which left Christ nailed to a cross, the violence that we must each do to ourselves to overcome our selfishness and such cruel inequalities among us. The violence we preach is not the violence of the sword, the violence of hatred. It is the violence of love, of brotherhood, the violence that wills to beat weapons into sickles for work."

-Nov 27th, 1977

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"'God's reign is already present on our earth in mystery. When the Lord comes, it will be brought to perfection.'

That is the hope that inspires Christians. We know that every effort to better society, expecially when injustice and sin are so ingrained, is an effort that God blesses, that God wants, that God demands of us."

-March 24th, 1980

(from Oscar Romero's last sermon, minutes before he was shot and killed.)