Father Ariel Beramendi, a Bolivian priest, has published a book-length interview with Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez of El Salvador, who recently turned 80.
“I saw Archbishop Romero on a stretcher with his purple priestly vestments, lifeless, a serene face,” said Cardinal Rosa, as he recalled the 1980 martyrdom of St. Óscar Romero. “When I went out into the streets, I heard celebratory fireworks in the affluent parts of the city.”