From the 1970s until his assassination in March 1980, Blessed Romero used the radio station YSAX to inform Salvadorans and the international community of the horrors of El Salvador's civil war.

The pope sent the cardinal to the hurricane-battered island to make a visit before Christmas to express his deep concern for the people.

Even food producers cannot escape the food shortage.

His appointment to the Mexico City Archdiocese comes as the city of nearly 9 million people recovers from a devastating earthquake, which killed more than 300 people.