Editing Óscar Romero (section)

===Process for beatification===
[[File:BEATIFICACIÓN DE MONSEÑOR OSCAR ARNULFO ROMERO (17393112443).jpg|thumb|Savior of the World Plaza at the beatification]]

Romero's sainthood cause at the Vatican was opened in 1993, but the [[Catholic News Service]] reported that it "was delayed for years as the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith studied his writings, amid wider debate over whether he had been killed for his faith or for political reasons."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catholicphilly.com/2014/05/news/world-news/bishops-ask-pope-to-beatify-archbishop-romero-in-el-salvador/|date=19 May 2014|title=Bishops ask pope to beatify Archbishop Romero in El Salvador|agency=Catholic News Service}}</ref>

In March 2005, [[Vincenzo Paglia]], the Vatican official in charge of the process, announced that Romero's cause had cleared a theological audit by the [[Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]], at the time headed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (later elected [[Pope Benedict XVI]]) and that beatification could follow within six months.<ref name="cwnews">{{cite web |url=http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=35989 |title=Catholic World News : Beatification cause advanced for Archbishop Romero |access-date=17 January 2008 }}</ref> [[Pope John Paul II]] died within weeks of those remarks. Predictably, the transition of the new pontiff slowed down the work of canonizations and beatifications. Pope Benedict instituted changes that had the overall effect of reining in the Vatican's so-called "factory of saints."<ref name="timeproxy">{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1059021,00.html |title=Will the Pope ever make fewer saints? |access-date=17 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124162630/http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1059021,00.html |archive-date=24 November 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In an October 2005 interview, Cardinal [[José Saraiva Martins]], the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, was asked if Paglia's predictions of a clearance for Romero's beatification remained on track. Saraiva responded, "Not as far as I know today,"<ref name="saraiva">{{cite web |url=http://www.30giorni.it/us/articolo.asp?id=9359 |title=30Days – Blessed among their people, Interview with Cardinal José Saraiva Martins |access-date=17 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929090850/http://www.30giorni.it/us/articolo.asp?id=9359 |archive-date=29 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In November 2005, the Jesuit magazine ''[[La Civiltà Cattolica]]'' signaled that Romero's beatification was still "years away."<ref name="cn-0506300">{{cite web |url=http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0506300.htm |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20051104184728/http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0506300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 November 2005 |title=CNS STORY: Magazine says Archbishop Romero was killed for actions of faith |access-date=17 January 2008 }}</ref>

Although Benedict XVI had always been a fierce critic of liberation theology, Paglia reported in December 2012 that the Pope had informed him of the decision to "unblock" the cause and allow it to move forward.<ref name="catholicnews.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1500520.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150209062508/http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1500520.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 February 2015|title=Catholic News Service}}</ref> However, no progress was made before Benedict's resignation in February 2013. [[Pope Francis]] was elected in March 2013, and in September 2013, Archbishop [[Gerhard Ludwig Müller]], [[Prefect]] of the [[Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]], stated that the Vatican doctrinal office has been "given the green light" to pursue sainthood for Romero.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/10/pope-francis-gustavo-gutierrez-liberation-theology_n_3900132.html | work=Huffington Post | first=Yasmine | last=Hafiz | title=Welcome Back Liberation Theology | date=10 September 2013}}</ref>