Pope Francis looks on as he arrives to lead the weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican October 28, 2015. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Friday criticised conservative clergy and bishops who he said had defamed slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero even after he was killed by a right-wing death squad in 1980.
The pope departed from his prepared address to a group of visiting Salvadorans to deliver unusually pointed remarks about the past detractors of Romero, who was beatified last May in El Salvador, putting him a step away from sainthood.
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