Transcripts for KPIX CBS Evening News 20150524 01:08:00 : vi

first step of archbishop oscar romero's path to sainthood. as allen pizzey reports this is something that would have been considered unlikely when romero was gunned down celebrating mass 35 years ago. >> reporter: the beatification had as much air of a festival as it did a religious occasion, even many who opposed him review oscar romero as a historic figure. the bloodstained shirt he was wearing when he was assassinated by a sniper who has never been caught was a central point in the service. romero preached relentlessly against poverty and social injustice. the day before he was killed the archbishop told the u.s. backed military i beg you, i beseech you, i order you in the name of god, stop the repression. putting him on the path to sainthood was long resisted by conservative catholics and el salvadoran right-wingers. pope francis kick started the stalled process in february when he formally declared the murdered the archbishop a martyr, in a statement issued today he called the

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