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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Tue Feb 3, 2015, 04:18 PM Feb 2015

Pope Francis declares Oscar Romero a martyr, moves slain archbishop toward sainthood

David Gibson

(RNS) Pope Francis on Tuesday (Feb. 3) officially declared that Archbishop Oscar Romero, assassinated by a right-wing death squad in 1980 while celebrating Mass in El Salvador, was a martyr for the faith, clearing the way for his beatification.

The move ends decades of fierce debate over Romero’s legacy, but it was not a complete surprise: Francis, the first Latin American pope, has often said he thought Romero was a martyr worthy of consideration for sainthood.

http://www.religionnews.com/2015/02/03/pope-francis-declares-oscar-romero-martyr-moves-slain-archbishop-toward-sainthood/

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Pope Francis declares Oscar Romero a martyr, moves slain archbishop toward sainthood (Original Post) hrmjustin Feb 2015 OP

YES!!!! as some one who has lived in Central America gopiscrap Feb 2015 #1

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1. YES!!!! as some one who has lived in Central America

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Wed Feb 4, 2015, 03:00 AM

Feb 2015

and also politically fought the SOA (including going down to Columbus to protest this Novemebr) I whole heartedly agree with the Pope!

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