[evoz] Remembering Remi De Roo

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Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00
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Message from Terry:

Remembering Remi De Roo

Bishop Remi De Roo, the former Catholic Bishop of Victoria who was known as a social-justice advocate, died Tuesday at the age of 97. Former senator Douglas Roche, a close friend, called De Roo a “courageous advocate for social justice, a champion of women’s rights and an ecumenical pioneer.” “He became a driving figure for change in the church.... In fact, he was a prophetic figure, who advocated the outreach of the church into the modern world.”

He was also a friend of those who struggled for justice in Central America. He knew El Salvador’s Archbishop Oscar Romero and De Roo attended the canonization of the assassinated archbishop in Rome in 2018.

Just before that he was guest speaker at our Café Simpatico speaking on “The Prophetic Legacy of Oscar Romero”.

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Photo by E. Doherty 2018