People carry a picture of late Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero during a march ahead of the 34th anniversary of his assassination in San Salvador March 22, 2014. REUTERS/Jessica Orellana
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Salvadoran archbishop Oscar Romero, who was murdered by a right-wing death squad in 1980 and is an icon of the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America, has moved closer to being declared a saint.
Avvenire, the official newspaper of Italy's Roman Catholic bishops, reported on Friday that a Vatican theological commission had ruled that Romero had been killed "in hatred of the faith", meaning that he will be considered a martyr.
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