Pope Francis declared Pope Paul VI and the slain former Archbishop of El Salvador, Oscar Romero, as saints on Sunday – extolling them as witnesses of a Church turned outward toward the world, but still living lives of radical holiness.
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Pope Francis declared Pope Paul VI and the slain former Archbishop of El Salvador, Oscar Romero, as saints on Sunday – extolling them as witnesses of a Church turned outward toward the world, but still living lives of radical holiness.