Reports over the weekend emerged from the Salvadoran Catholic Church indicating that slain Archbishop Oscar Romero's beatification cause was entering its final stages. However, the Vatican's
spokesman says that he has no new information to share.
One report said that the Salvadoran church was expected to make a major announcement on Sunday (May 18) about the progress of Romero’s cause; Auxiliary Bishop Gregorio Rosa Chavez of San Salvador has predicted “very good news.”
But the Vatican’s chief spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said Thursday he had seen nothing to indicate that Francis had advanced Romero’s file.
“I don’t have anything to declare, but it’s not up to me,” Lombardi said in an interview.
March 24, 2015 will mark the 35th anniversary of Romero's assassination at the hands of death squad leader Roberto D'Aubuisson's henchmen - a perfect date to commemorate Romero's life and death.
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