BLESSED Oscar Romero, the martyred champion of the poor and marginalized, was beatified in his home city of San Salvador yesterday.

Last February, on the Vatican announcement that Pope Francis had authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate a decree of martyrdom for the assassinated Servant of God Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez, the prelate of Opus Dei Bishop Javier Echevarria issued the following statement under the heading “Archbishop Oscar Romero is going to be a deeply beloved saint.”

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