On Sunday in the Vatican, Pope Francis will officially make Romero a saint nearly four decades after he was martyred by an assassin’s bullet to the heart.
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‘Miracle’ woman says El Salvador’s Oscar Romero is a saint
A Salvadoran woman whose unexpected recovery from a life-threatening condition was deemed a miracle, paving the way for the upcoming canonization of the late Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero, said Friday she’s convinced he is a saint.
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El Salvadoran Jesuits seek freedom for military leader implicated in 1989 killings
The Jesuits believe Benavides is a “scapegoat” for those who ordered the 1989 UCA massacre and were never punished. The Jesuits consider the case against the killers closed but continue to seek clarity on the intellectual authors of the crime.
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Meet El Salvador’s first cardinal: a man of the people who was close to Oscar Romero
Rosa Chavez has a reputation as a man of the people, warm and quick to smile.