El Salvador Oscar Romero Commemoration
Youths from the community of San Carlos Borromeo, in Santa Tecla, EL Salvador, put the final touches on a banner depicting Archbishop Romero, slain in 1980. Thousands gathered in the streets of San Salvador on March 21, 2015, to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero. Officially recognized as a martyr in January, Romero is to be beatified on May 23.