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The martyr Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador is greeted by his parishioners at a mass at Iglesia el Rosario -the Church of the Rosary - in San Salvador, El Salvador. The priest was later slain at the alter by a right wing gunman in 1980. Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez was a bishop of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. He became the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador, succeeding Luis Chávez, and spoke out against poverty, social injustice, assassinations and torture. Romero was assassinated while offering Mass on March 24,1980. To license this image, click on the shopping cart below -
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