Martyr priest, now Saint Romero, challenged power in El Salvador
People watch the ceremony of canonization of the late Archbishop of San Salvador Oscar Arnulfo Romero at the Gerardo Barrios Square in San Salvador, El Salvador, October 14, 2018. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas/ (The Oct. 1 story corrects to reflect country of birth was El Salvador, not Honduras) SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - In 1980, a day after urging El Salvador's military to halt a string of abuses that would inflame a 12-year civil war in the impoverished country, Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero was shot dead while leading Mass. His homilies had ...
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