Slain Salvadoran archbishop Romero to be made a saint - Pope
VATICAN CITY, March 7 (Reuters) - Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was murdered by a right-wing death squad in 1980 and is an icon of the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America, will be made a saint, the Vatican said on Wednesday.
Pope Francis made the announcement at a meeting of cardinals called to give the final approval to several sainthood causes.
Romero was shot dead on March 24, 1980, as he celebrated Mass in a hospital chapel in the impoverished Central American state of El Salvador. He had often denounced repression and poverty in his homilies. (Reporting by Crispian Balmer; Editing by Janet Lawrence)
