Sin

Sin is what killed the Son of God and sin continues to be what brings death to the sons of God. We see this fundamental truth of faith in situations in our country. You can't offend God without offending your brothers and sisters. It is not, then, out of pure routine that we repeat once again that there is a structure of sin in our country. It is sin because it produces the fruit of sin: the deaths of Salvadoreans; the quick death through repression, or the slow death through oppression. Because of this we have denounced the sin of injustice.

Oscar Romero, February 17, 1980. Translated by Irene B. Hodge