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Last Updated On 24 May,2015 About 55 minutes ago An estimated 200,000 cheering worshipers from all over the world packed the capital San Salvador. SAN SALVADOR (AFP) - Salvadoran archbishop Oscar Romero, who was assassinated in 1980 and whose defense of the poor divided his nation and the Church,.... |
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Romero's assassination occurred at the outset of El Salvador's civil war and propelled the country deeper into a brutal conflict that raged until 1992, when the right-wing government signed a peace deal with the leftist guerrillas of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN). |
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Hundreds of thousands of worshippers converged on the Salvadoran capital Saturday to witness the the beatification of the late Archbishop Oscar Romero. A papal declaration leaves the assassinated prelate one step from Roman Catholic sainthood. Romero -- revered by the poor and reviled by the.... |
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Officials estimated some 300,000 worshipers attended the massive ceremony on San Salvador's main square, where Pope Francis's envoy, Angelo Amato, conferred the title of "blessed" on Romero, putting him one step from sainthood. Waving flags and decked out in t-shirts printed with Romero's face,.... |
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Tags: El Salvador City SAN SALVADOR - Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero was beatified on Saturday, the final step before sainthood, 35 years after he was gunned down at the altar by a right-wing death squad for denouncing the oppression of the poor by the military dictatorship. |
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The late archbishop’s younger brother, Gaspar Romero, represented his family on stage, with some 100 members attending the event. “As a family, we are honored by this gift given to us by our Lord through the Pope, we now have a saint in the family that everyone already calls Saint Romero of America,” said 85-year-old Gaspar. |
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Catholics carry clothes that belonged to the late archbishop Óscar Romero during a mass celebrating his beatification at San Salvador’s main square on Saturday. Photograph: Rodrigo Arangua/AFP/Getty Images.
The Salvadorean archbishop Óscar Romero was beatified on Saturday, the final step before.... |
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SAN SALVADOR (REUTERS) - Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero was beatified on Saturday, the final step before sainthood, 35 years after he was gunned down at the altar by a right-wing death squad for denouncing the oppression of the poor by the military dictatorship. |
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US President Barack Obama welcomed Romero's beatification, calling him an inspiration and a martyr. "He was a wise pastor and a courageous man who persevered in the face of opposition from extremes on both sides," Obama said in a statement. "He fearlessly confronted the evils he saw, guided by the.... |
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SAN SALVADOR Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero was beatified on Saturday, the final step before sainthood, 35 years after he was gunned down at the altar by a right-wing death squad for denouncing the oppression of the poor by the military dictatorship. |
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SAN SALVADOR Nelson Renteria Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero was beatified on Saturday, the final step before sainthood, 35 years after he was gunned down at the altar by a right-wing death squad for denouncing the oppression of the poor by the military dictatorship. |
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