LANACC Panel Discussion: Celebrating the Canonization of Saint Archbishop Óscar Romero

4:30pm LANACC Panel Discussion: Celebrating the Canonization of Saint Archbishop Óscar Romero
Moderator: Peter Casarella, Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame
4:35pm The Fittingness of Canonizing Óscar Romero and Pope Paul VI Together
Todd Walatka, Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame
4:50pm A Dream Come True: The Canonization of Óscar Romero
Rev. Robert Pelton, Director Emeritus, LANACC
5:15pm ¡CESE LA REPRESIÓN! Romero an Inconvenient Saint for Our Troubled Times
Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández, Hispanic Theology and Ministry, Catholic Theological Union
5:40pm General Discussion
6:00pm Reception
Jenkins Nanovic Hall, Forum
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Rev. Robert Pelton, CSC
In Memoriam (1921-2019) Robert S. Pelton, CSC, received his Sacrae Theologiae Doctor from St. Thomas University, Rome, and is currently a faculty fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and director of Latin American/North American Church Concerns (LANACC), both at the University of Notre Dame...
Peter J. Casarella
This profile was current as of 2019-20 when he was a member of the on-campus Kellogg community. Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow Peter Casarella is associate professor of theology and former director of LANACC. Before coming to Notre Dame in 2013, Peter Casarella served as professor of Catholic Studies at DePaul University where he was also the director of the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology...