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Slain archbishop Romero of El Salvador moved closer to beatification
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/slain-archbishop-romero-of-el-salvador-moved-closer-to-beatification-1.1370775has approved the beatification process of the late archbishop of El Salvador Oscar Romero. Gunned down in a small hospital chapel in San Salvador as he said Mass in March 1980, Archbishop Romero has always been a controversial figure.
For many, he was a true Christian martyr, someone who was killed both because of his solidarity with the poor and because of his regular denunciation of human rights abuses by the El Salvador government.
In a sermon the day before he was assassinated, Archbishop Romero had called on Salvadorean soldiers to obey God’s law and to stop implementing government repression and violation of basic human rights.
Assassination squad
It has long been believed that he was killed by a right-wing death squad, led by Salvadorean Maj Roberto D’Aubuisson.
