Romero Page #4

I think the first Sunday in

December, would be fine.

That's a good week.

not so crowded.

I would like a private baptism.

We have so many to

baptize now ...

we don't have private

ones anymore.

Will You ...

You will make an exception, Monsignor?

I am Sorry.

You except me to baptize my baby

with a bunch of Indians?

You have deserted us?

God bless you.

Bless me, Father,

For I have sinned.

It as been a month since

my last confession.

Yes?

I am a believer in the theology

of liberation ...

and I have worked

in the people's struggle.

That is no sin.

No?

But I have belief in

one single man ...

and no one else.

That is no sin.

Especially in the Archbishop.

I deplored him ...

and...

I laughed at him.

How could I tell him ...

I was wrong.

Just Pray for him.

Let that be your penance.

I absolve you ...

in the name of the Father and of the

Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Thank you, Father.

Thank you, Father.

I am a shepherd who ...

along with his people,

has begun to learn ...

a beautiful and

difficult truth.

Our faith requires that

we immerse ourselves in the world.

I believe

economic injustice ...

is the root cause of

our problems.

From it stems

all the violence.

The Church has to

be incarnated ...

in those who fight

for freedom ...

and defend them ...

and share in their persecution.

Did you wish to see me,

Colonel?

I am disturbed by recent

events, Monsignor.

BE A PATRIO KILL A PRIEST.

May I speak to you with all the respect.

Problems that exist has

not been resolved ...

and you're endangering the situation.

You are losing the people.

Who are those who come to see me at

the hospital, who come to my office ...

who fill the Cathedral?

You are losing the people whose support ...

you need

to run the country.

My task is not to run the country.

My task is to prevent my priests

and our people from getting killed.

Please ...

Monsignor have patience.

Step back. Wait.

If you stop for a while, I'll talk ...

Things will cool off ...

settle down.

It is your choice.

This past week ...

I wrote a letter to the President

of the United States ...

not to send any more

arms to this country.

They are only been used to kill

our people.

Kneel.

They were demonstrating,

entering into the church.

As been shooting until

they have a hostage.

They asked for you.

Who is in charge?

Where do you think, You're going?

Inside.

They asked for me.

No, you're not.

I'm going to get the hostage out.

He's already dead.

Are you sure?

We heard noises, Monsignor.

Screams.

They tortured him.

If I get the hostage out,

and he's all right ...

Will you let the men who

hold him, go?

No.

If I get him out, and the men

in their laid down their arms ...

Will you let them go?

No.

What more do you want?

If they lay down their arms ...

if he is alive, unharmed ...

and that if you are still alive.

-- Do I have your word?

- What did I just say?

You, Fathers?

Yes, Monsignor.

Is the hostage all right?

Yes

They are holding no one else?

They were only holding him only

for their own protection.

What do they want?

A new government.

This one is no different from the last.

The powerful are still

allowed to organize ...

and when the poor

attempt it ...

they hire off duty soldiers

to kill them.

This is no solution.

Don't you realize

what's going on?

Last night they killed

Lucia.

And before they raped

and killed her ...

they cut out her tongue.

Somebody has to have the courage to say

"Enough".

If the hostage is not released

in five minutes ...

we will storm the church.

Tell them to let

the hostage go.

Show the

National Guard

He's alive.

Have them to put down their weapons.

If they do,

they agreed to let them go ...

Guaranteed safe passage.

And you believe them?

They gave me their word.

You have mine.

The hostage is alive and safe.

These people have kept their

part of the bargain.

Who gave you the authority

to go in there?

- They asked for me.

- Who gave you the authority?

I told you they asked for me,

And this man and I...

This man?

I am in charge here.

- The hostage is safe, this man promised ...

- Arrest them.

They were guaranteed

safe passage.

- Who says?

- He did, I did.

These people are all terrorists.

We do not tolerate them.

This man

gave me his word.

Arrest him too.

Arnulfo, Cigarette?

Stop.

Stop, In the name of God.

Stop.

We are Human Beings.

We are Human Beings...

We are Human Beings.

Monsignor ...

Obviously there

has been some mistake.

I will get you out of here in no time.

You're all right?

You must take care of yourself.

I worry for your safety.

You do not fear for your life?

You should.

Yes ..

like any other Salvadoran.

I cannot protect you anymore.

What if you die?

What would happen?

I am not leaving here without

Father Osuna and the others.

Are you ready?

Are you ready now to accept,

the way it really is?

You are a priest.

You believe in God

and the power of love.

You used to pray.

I still do.

Then why are you carrying a gun?

How can I not carry one?

Am I going to abandon my people

when I am one of those...

responsible for

opening their eyes?

A Guerrilla ...

Is that what you are?

A Communist?

I am a priest ...

who sees Marxists

and Christians ...

struggling to liberate

the same people.

Jesus is part

of that struggle.

He will not stand by and watch

his people being murdered.

So you become like

the military and the aristocracy.

You wage class warfare,

you become violent.

How could we continue to speak

against violence ...

when they are killing

the people that we love?

Even you admit that we have

the right to defend ourselves.

You're not defending.

You're attacking.

And you lose God,

just as they have.

What else can we do?

You think I want this,

to live like this?

With what you say there will be

no end to the bloodshed.

I have no choice.

I can't ...

You must ...

I am yours.

Show me the way.

Look, a priest.

Bring him over here.

Monsignor ...

Search him.

Nothing here.

Maybe he's got something underneath.

Let's see.

Take his clothes off.

I have nothing.

Strip him.

Please, okay.

It's all right, It's all right

But you are our voice ...

you speak for us.

Let's begin the celebration

of the mass now.

In the name of the Father

and of the Son ...

and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

With the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ

and the love of God ...

in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit

be with you all.

And the Lord be with you.

Lord, you created us

for freedom ...

Lord, have mercy.

Christ you made us

us to live in dignity ...

Christ, have mercy.

Lord, you strengthen us,

in this struggle for justice ...

Lord, have mercy.

We developed our country.

We penetrated its jungle,

planted coffee, sugar cane.

We are like the pioneers of the

United States.

We do not want,

what doesn't belong to us.

We only want to have

what North Americans have ...

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