Inspired by Óscar Romero, who had been assassinated in 1980, a young Scottish priest decided to live and work in civil war-torn El Salvador. The notes and poems he wrote on loose sheets of paper and posted to friends and family record a remarkable ministry of service.
26 September 2024, The Tablet
The song of the poor
The purple flowers of an old man were evoking the tears of El Salvador which had so burdened the heart of Romero
A woman passes in front of a mural of Archbishop Óscar Romero in the Salvadoran city of Santa Tecla.
photo: alamy/ap, luis romero
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