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Newshour: Salvadoran Óscar Romero Canonized By Pope Francis

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Salvadoran Óscar Romero Canonized By Pope Francis

14/10/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, Salvadoran Óscar Romero Canonized By Pope Francis

The former archbishop of San Salvador has been made a saint 38 years after his death.

Pope Francis has conferred sainthood on the murdered archbishop of San Salvador, Óscar Romero, at a ceremony in the Vatican attended by tens of thousands of pilgrims. Archbishop Romero was an outspoken advocate of peace and championed the struggles of poor.

Also in the programme: Saudi Arabia's stock market has plunged amid fears of scandal over the missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi  and we mark one year since the deadliest attack in Somalia's history.

Photo: Archbishop Romero, pictured in July 1979 Credit: Corbis via Getty Images

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