The Price of Justice

The Universal Witness of the Salvadoran Martyrs

Abstract

In the following lecture, I want to introduce you to the central aspects of their life and work by first outlining the possible universal significance of testimony and a theology deeply rooted in a Central American context. Second, we take a look at the work of some of the assassinated and thus at the background of the assassinations by referring to the importance of the preferential option for the poor based on Vatican II and Medellín. On this basis, we can finally ask about their legacy.