Salvadoran martyr closer to sainthood

By By Nicole Winfield
Updated February 23 2020 - 8:33am, first published 8:31am
Martyred Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero is a step closer to possible sainthood.
Martyred Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero is a step closer to possible sainthood.

Pope Francis has moved the Reverend Rutilio Grande, a Jesuit priest who inspired St Oscar Romero and was himself a victim of El Salvador's right-wing death squads, a step closer to possible sainthood.

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