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FAITH ALIVE: Part 1: A canonization's focus on legacy and holiness

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FAITH ALIVE: Part 1: A canonization’s focus on legacy and holiness

July 29, 2019October 11, 2025

By David Gibson | Catholic News ServiceThe gunman who fired the shot in El Salvador March 24, 1980, that killed San Salvador's revered Archbishop Oscar Romero while he celebrated Mass in a hospital chapel surely did not aim to help create a martyr whose life and legacy one day would be honored throughout the world.Instead,…...