Earlier this year, when the Vatican announced that Msgr. Oscar Romero would be beatified, some of his associates came to Rome and delivered testimony about the Salvadoran bishop's life.<\/p>\n
MSGR. JESUS DELGADO ACEVEDO
\nFormer Secretary of Msgr. Romero
\n'He was a friend, a good Christian and loyal person. He was also very humble.\u00e2?\u009d<\/p>\n
The humble Romero has now received another unique distinction: a small planet has been named after him. (Although it may actually be an asteroid, because it's exact the classification hasn't been determined.)<\/p>\n
The Vatican Observatory was not involved in the naming, and only found out about it through media reports. It's unclear who changed the name.<\/p>\n
The celestial body was previously known as '13703\u00e2?\u009d after it was discovered in 1998 by a Belgian astronomer in Chile. The name change was announced just last month. NASA confirmed it was named for the Salvadoran martyr.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fortunately, there is no risk of the Romero asteroid striking planet Earth: It's located more than 300 million miles away.<\/p>\n
ATO
\nRR
\n-JM
\n-PR
\nUp: FV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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