The crypt of San Salvador's Metropolitan Cathedral is seen reflected in an image from the Stations of the Cross. On March 24, 2015, faithful in El Salvador commemorated of the 35th anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop of San Salvador Óscar Arnulfo Romero. Recognized as a martyr by the Vatican, Romero is to be beatified on May 23.
ROY BOURGEOIS poses for a photo following a panel discussion at the Universidad Centroamericana on March 24, 2015. Founder of School of the Americas Watch and a Maryknoll priest of more than 40 years, he was expelled from the Church when he refused to recant his stance in favor of the ordination of women into the priesthood.
An art installation at the University of El Salvador depicts Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero, assassinated in 1980. The installation quotes a homily delivered by Romero the day before he was killed, in which he addressed the Salvadoran armed forces, asking "In the name of God, and in the name of this suffering people I ask you, I beg you, I order you: Stop the repression."
