Pope approves martyr status for slain Salvadoran archbishop

February 03, 2015 20:32

Pope Francis today approved a decree declaring slain Salvadoran archbishop Oscar Romero a martyr for the church. The cleric, a defender of the poor and vocal critic of the military in El Salvador, was shot dead in 1980 while celebrating mass.

He had delivered a sermon the day before urging rank-and-file soldiers not to carry out orders which would lead them to become involved in human rights abuses. No one was ever convicted of the murder.

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