Monseñor salvadoreño Oscar Romero es beatificado en una multitudinaria ceremonia

Peregrinos alzan un retrato de monseñor Oscar Romero antes de la ceremonia de su beatificación en San Salvador, El Salvador, el sábado 23 de mayo de 2015. (AP Foto/Moises Castillo) (Moises Castillo / AP)

Cardinal Angelo Amato, Vatican prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, right, sits with other clergymen as he presides over the beatification ceremony for Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero, where a sign reads in Spanish: “Feel with the church,” in San Salvador, El Salvador, Saturday, May 23, 2015. Romero was slain by an assassin’s bullet 35 years ago and was declared a martyr for his faith this year by Pope Francis. Romero’s beatification was held up for years by church politics until Pope Benedict XVI “unblocked” the case in late 2012, after it was determined he had not been an adherent of revolutionary liberation theology as many claimed. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez) (Salvador Melendez / AP)

People attend the beatification ceremony for Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero in San Salvador, El Salvador, Saturday, May 23, 2015. Huge crowds filled the square in the capital for the ceremony to beatify Romero, who was cut down by an assassin’s bullet 35 years ago and declared a martyr for his faith this year by Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) (Moises Castillo / AP)

Peregrinos esperan el inicio de la ceremonia de beatificación de monseñor Oscar Romero en San Salvador, El Salvador, el sábado 23 de mayo de 2015. (AP Foto/Moises Castillo) (Moises Castillo / AP)

Peregrinos cantan antes de la ceremonia de beatificación de monseñor Oscar Romero en San Salvador, El Salvador, el sábado 23 de mayo de 2015. (AP Foto/Salvador Melendez) (Salvador Melendez / AP)

Miles de peregrinos se congregan para la ceremonia de beatificación de monseñor Oscar Romero en San Salvador, El Salvador, el sábado 23 de mayo de 2015. (AP Foto/Salvador Melendez) (Salvador Melendez / AP)

Mujeres sotienen velas durante una vigilia en el primer acto de las celebraciones por la beatificación del arzobispo salvadoreño Oscar Arnulfo Romero, en San Salvador, El Salvador, el viernes 22 de mayo de 2015. (AP Foto/Manu Brabo) (Manu Brabo / AP)

People attend the beatification ceremony for Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero in San Salvador, El Salvador, Saturday, May 23, 2015. Huge crowds filled the square in the capital for the ceremony to beatify Romero, who was cut down by an assassin’s bullet 35 years ago and declared a martyr for his faith this year by Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) (Moises Castillo / AP)

Sacerdotes cargan una urna de cristal con la camisa que llevaba puesta el arzobispo salvadoreño Oscar Arnulfo Romero el día que fue asesinado en 1980. Miles de personas participaron en la ceremonia de beatificación de Romero en San Salvador, El Salvador, el sábado 23 de mayo de 2015. (AP Foto/Salvador Melendez) (Salvador Melendez / AP)

A woman holds a picture of Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero during his beatification ceremony in San Salvador, El Salvador, Saturday May 23, 2015. Romero was slain by an assassin’s bullet 35 years ago and declared a martyr for his faith this year by Pope Francis. In life, Romero was loved by the poor, whom he defended passionately, and loathed by conservatives who considered him too close to left-leaning movements in the tumultuous years ahead of El Salvador’s 1980-92 civil war. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) (Manu Brabo / AP)

Tiberio Romero sostiene un bouquet de flores mientras participa de la ceremonia de beatificación de su fallecido hermano, monseñor Oscar Romero, en San Salvador, El Salvador, el sábado 23 de mayo de 2015. (AP Foto/Salvador Melendez) (Salvador Melendez / AP)

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A man wears a cross and a T-shirt featuring portraits of Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero during his beatification ceremony in San Salvador, El Salvador, Saturday, May 23, 2015. Romero was slain by an assassin’s bullet 35 years ago and declared a martyr for his faith this year by Pope Francis. In life, Romero was loved by the poor, whom he defended passionately, and loathed by conservatives who considered him too close to left-leaning movements in the tumultuous years ahead of El Salvador’s 1980-92 civil war. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) (Manu Brabo / AP)

A soldier walks past a display of T-shirts featuring an image of Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, during his patrol near the Metropolitan Cathedral in San Salvador, El Salvador, Friday, May 22, 2015. Huge crowds are expected at a Saturday ceremony to beatify Romero, who was cut down by an assassin’s bullet 35 years ago and declared a martyr for the faith this year by Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) (Moises Castillo / AP)