Óscar Arnulfo Romero, the archbishop of San Salvador in El Salvador, was an outspoken voice for justice during the civil war that tore that country apart between 1980 and 1992. In the end, he paid ...

Archbishop Oscar Romero was beatified in El Salvador this morning, with Pope Francis declaring from the Vatican that the martyr's feast will be celebrated on March 24 each year – the day "in which he ...

VATICAN CITY-- Pope Francis decreed Tuesday that slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero was killed in 1980 out of hatred for his Catholic faith, approving a martyrdom declaration that sets the stage ...

After years of speculation and delays over concerns his elevation to the altars may be politicized, the Vatican announced today that Archbishop Óscar Romero of San Salvador will be beatified.

Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero, who was gunned down by a right-wing death squad in 1980 at the start of the country's civil war, will be canonized as a Roman Catholic saint, the Vatican ...

In March 1980, Patricia Morales Tijerino and her sister had just left a wedding in a little chapel in El Salvador's capital and were on their way to the reception. "And then I spotted him," Morales ...

People attend a ceremony at Gerardo Barrios Square in San Salvador, El Salvador, Oct. 14, as Pope Francis celebrates the canonization Mass for St. Oscar Romero and six other new saints in St. Peter's ...

Pope Francis has declared Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was murdered while celebrating Mass in 1980, a martyr. Like much of what Francis has done and said since ascending the papal throne, ...

A single gunshot echoed through a small Carmelite chapel in the dingy corners of San Salvador on March 24, 1980. The chapel door had been left open in an attempt to mitigate the blanket of humid heat.

These past few days I have had to resist the temptation to pack too early for my trip to San Salvador for the beatification of Archbishop Oscar Romero this weekend (I will be posting updates here from ...

The market-sellers outside San Salvador's cathedral have been doing a roaring trade in recent days. A dollar for a poster of a smiling Oscar Romero or how about a baseball cap with his face on it? A ...