The poor people of El Salvador were deprived of their basic rights: the right to vote, the right to live and even the right to worship freely. Similarly, the poor people of Jesus' time were also oppressed; taken into slavery, robbed of their land and hungry. These suffering people found courage in the lives of Jesus and Father Romero.

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came to the aid of their people, giving them spiritual strength and leadership, situating themselves among the poor and oppressed. In order to do this they both diverged from the 'order' of the church by confronting the various religious leaders of their time and challenging them to truly practice their religion instead of preaching it to others and reminding them that the mission of the Church is to identify with the poor. This often upset many of the church leaders. At times, the lives of both these great men were in danger and although they both feared for their own pain, they faced these dangers with faith and never retaliated their anger with violence. Even when people from Romero's congregation we

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