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Archbishop Óscar Romero distributes Communion during a confirmation Mass in Ateos, El Salvador, in September 1979. (NCR photo/June Carolyn Erlick)

Canonization is right for Óscar Romero, a true Christian martyr

Commentary: Martyrdom was once a very restricted idea, but today we recognize that Christian faith must influence all we do — and Archbishop Romero exemplified that.

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