Slain Salvadoran archbishop Romero to be made a saint - Pope

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VATICAN CITY (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.
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