I say let him suffer. He's paying for his sins. Especially those commited against his fellow catholics.
Most famously there were Bishop Oscar Romero - who campaigned for the poor of El Salvador earning him assassination at the hands of a death squad in 1980.
the Pope, when he refers to Romero, will not use the word martyr. He calls him "a zealous pastor who gave his life for his faithful."
...Archbishop Romero was called to Rome at least three times to explain himself, largely as a result of complaints from the U.S. government that he was too "left."
On one occasion he was kept waiting five days before he finally grabbed the Pope by the arm at a public papal audience and told him he was waiting to see him.
When he handed the Pope documents giving details of oppression and murder in the country, John Paul smilingly told him he would not have time to read them and urged the archbishop to be more prudent. The pope told him not to exaggerate his claims of right wing terror, adding ''You have to be very careful with communism.'' Romero left Rome in tears and one month later was assassinated while he was saying Mass."
Most famously there were Bishop Oscar Romero - who campaigned for the poor of El Salvador earning him assassination at the hands of a death squad in 1980.
the Pope, when he refers to Romero, will not use the word martyr. He calls him "a zealous pastor who gave his life for his faithful."
...Archbishop Romero was called to Rome at least three times to explain himself, largely as a result of complaints from the U.S. government that he was too "left."
On one occasion he was kept waiting five days before he finally grabbed the Pope by the arm at a public papal audience and told him he was waiting to see him.
When he handed the Pope documents giving details of oppression and murder in the country, John Paul smilingly told him he would not have time to read them and urged the archbishop to be more prudent. The pope told him not to exaggerate his claims of right wing terror, adding ''You have to be very careful with communism.'' Romero left Rome in tears and one month later was assassinated while he was saying Mass."
