Do you think Jeremiah was the most important prophet of all time? Jeremiah lived around 600BC and he lived in Judah in the southern kingdom. In his time people were worshiping false gods, not caring for the poor, and bragging about their money. A lot of bad stuff huh? So when they did this they were breaking their covenant with god. Jeremiah’s message was to the people that “unless they stopped doing evil and worshiping false gods the Temple would be destroyed and burned to the ground.” Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador was born on August 15th 1917 in El Salvador. He was a martyr to help the human rights. He taught peace justice and love to the poor. He told the wealthy to care for the poor but they kept hurting and killing and disrespecting