Barack Obama hails beatification of Oscar Romero

View image | gettyimages.com From McClatchy:  A papal envoy Saturday declared slain Archbishop Óscar Romero “blessed” in a ceremony that drew hundreds of thousands of people and moved the Catholic martyr one step closer to sainthood 35 years after a sniper’s bullet felled him at the altar. Known as a champion of the poor and [Read More...]

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