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Pope Francis OKs beatification for Salvadoran martyr

(Salvador Melendez | AP file photo) In this Saturday, March 24, 2018, photo, a man walks past a mural depicting the late Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero on an exterior wall of the Metropolitan Cathedral where a Mass was offered to mark the anniversary of the archbishop's death, in San Salvador, El Salvador. Pope Francis has moved the Rev. 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. Francis approved a decree Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, proclaiming Grande a martyr for the Catholic faith.