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Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, Gunned Down In 1980, Will Become A Saint
Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero, who was gunned down by a right-wing death squad in 1980 at the start of the country's civil war, will be canonized as a Roman Catholic saint ...
Los Angeles Times6y
On the eve of his canonization, Archbishop Oscar Romero is remembered by Salvadoran immigrants in L.A.
Oscar Levi Dominguez was 8 years old the last time his father took him to hear Archbishop Oscar Romero speak outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in San Salvador. Romero, who implored the country ...
The New Yorker6y
Archbishop Óscar Romero Becomes a Saint, But His Death Still Haunts El Salvador
Pope Francis canonized seven people, including the late Salvadoran archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero, who was shot by an assassin as he celebrated mass in a hospital chapel, on March 24 ...
America Magazine10y
Death Comes For the Archbishop: The Martyrdom of Óscar Romero
Through the open doors of the Divine Providence chapel the assassin had a clear view of Archbishop Oscar Romero at the altar as he made his way through the homily he had prepared for this requiem ...
ABC News6y
Martyred Archbishop Oscar Romero, Pope Paul VI among 7 people to be canonized in Vatican ceremony
Among the seven people are slain Archbishop Oscar Romero and Pope Paul VI. The embroidered banner-portraits of the seven people Pope Francis will proclaim saints already hang on the façade of ...
NBC News6y
Salvadorans witness Archbishop Oscar Romero's canonization as Catholic saint
Esther Chavez vividly remembers the day in 1980 when a voice through a university loudspeaker delivered the news: San Salvador's Catholic Archbishop, Oscar Arnulfo Romero, had been fatally shot.
National Catholic Reporter6y
Archbishop Óscar Romero: setting the record straight
Archbishop Óscar Romero visits La Chacra ... A man prays at the grave of Blessed Oscar Romero in 2017 at the Metropolitan Cathedral in San Salvador, El Salvador. (CNS/Reuters/Jose Cabezas ...
National Catholic Reporter10y
Vatican: Oscar Romero is 'a martyr of the church of the Second Vatican Council'
In announcing the beatification of slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, the Vatican has made what appears to be a shift toward acceptance of more progressive views of the changes of the ...
Democracy Now6y
Vatican Canonizes Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, Who Was Killed by a U.S.-Backed Death Squad
Pope Francis has named Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero a saint. Romero was a champion for the poor and oppressed who was murdered by a U.S.-backed right-wing death squad in 1980 at the ...
Los Angeles Times6y
Sainthood of slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero hailed by thousands at L.A. Mass
Los Angeles nurse Lina Sandoval was 10 years old when Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated in 1980. “That day was really sad,” the Salvadoran immigrant recalled Sunday ...
WYSO Public Radio3d
Women who want to be Catholic deacons are hopeful about Pope Leo XIV. Here's why
Those who've been advocating for women deacons in the Catholic Church are taking stock of the possibility under the papacy of ...