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33 years after murder, slain archbishop a rallying point
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People carry portraits of slain Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero in San Salvador, El Salvador. (AP Photo)
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A mural of Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero decorates a wall in Panchimalco, El Salvador. Thirty-five years after a right-wing death squad assassin's bullet pierced his heart, Romero will join the hierarchy of the blessed even as conservative corners of El Salvador and the Vatican still harbor his critics. (AP Photo)
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Elvira Chacon, close friend of the late archbishop of San Salvador Oscar Arnulfo Romero shows a newspaper front page report on his assassination, in the city of Santa Tecla, El Salvador. (Reuters)
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A street vendor displays keychains of the late archbishop of San Salvador Oscar Arnulfo Romero in downtown San Salvador, El Salvador. (Reuters)
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A dancer performs outside the National Theather in honour of Oscar Arnulfo Romero during a festival to commemorate the 35th anniversary of his assassination in San Salvador, El Salvador. (Reuters)
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Oscar Arnulfo Romero's driver's license is displayed at the Romero Museum, in El Salvador. (Reuters)
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Salvadorans are preparing for the beatification of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero on May 23, who was murdered by a right-wing death squad in 1980. (Reuters)
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