Pope Beatifies Murdered Salvadoran Archbishop

Hundreds of thousands of worshippers converged on the Salvadoran capital Saturday to witness the the beatification of the late Archbishop Oscar Romero. A papal declaration leaves the assassinated prelate one step from Roman Catholic sainthood. Romero -- revered by the poor and reviled by the right-wing government in power 35 years ago -- was gunned down in 1980 by a right-wing death squad for his support of the country's poor. Shortly after the killing, El Salvador erupted into a...

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