To find out why Pope Francis is making Oscar Romero a saint read the words that cost him his life.ampampquotA church that does not provoke crisis a gospel that does not disturb a word of God that does not touch the concrete sin of the society in which it is being proclaimed what kind of gospel is thatampampamp8221Three short years transformed El Salvadors Archbishop Oscar Romero from a defender of the status quo into one of the most outspoken voices of the oppressed. An assassinampampamp8217s bullet ended his life but his message lives on. In March 2018 Pope Francis announced that the Catholic Church would canonize Oscar Romero acknowledging that he is indeed a saint who was martyred for proclaiming the gospel and that the political and social implications of that message which so scandalized the powerful flowed directly from Romeroampampamp8217s faithfulness to the teachings of Jesus.These selections from Romeroampampamp8217s diaries and radio broadcasts invite each of us to align our own lives with the way of Jesus that lifts up the poor welcomes the broken wins over enemies and transforms the history of entire nations.