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When the Gospel Grows Feet: Rutilio Grande, SJ, and the Church of El Salvador; An Ecclesiology in Context

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The Salvadoran priest Rutilio Grande, SJ, was once killed in a hall of bullets on March 12, 1977, together with two passengers in the car he drove. The affect of this killing transformed his friend and archbishop, Oscar Romero, in addition to the church in Latin The united states and all through the world.

How could powerful forces within the overwhelmingly Catholic country of El Salvador execute a Roman Catholic priest and two innocent people in broad daylight in front of witnesses? Why would this same government go to the extreme of murdering thousands of lay Catholic ministers, dozens of priests, and even the nation’s archbishop? Why would the government, and the oligarchy that supported it, imagine it necessary to repress the church in this type of brutal manner?

Thomas Kelly finds answers to these questions by exploring the church’s identity and mission all through the colonial period (1500 – 1820) and the transformative affect of Vatican II (1962 – 65) on the Latin American bishops. He considers Grande’s life, formation, ministry, and death and his affect on Archbishop Romero. In any case, Kelly explains what Grande and the church of El Salvador can teach North American Catholics today.


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