Editing Óscar Romero (section)

===Canonization===
[[File:Ceremonia de Canonización de Monseñor Romero. (44398703435).jpg|thumb|right|Canonization Mass celebrated on 14 October 2018 in Saint Peter's Square.]]

Three miracles were submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome in October 2016 that could have led to Romero's canonization. But each of these miracles was rejected after being investigated. A fourth (concerning the pregnant woman Cecilia Maribel Flores) was investigated in a diocesan process in San Salvador that was opened on 31 January 2017 and which concluded its initial investigation on 28 February before documentation was submitted to Rome via the apostolic nunciature. The CCS validated this on 7 April.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cruxnow.com/global-church/2017/03/06/vatican-study-possible-miracle-slain-archbishop-oscar-romero/|title=Vatican to study possible miracle by slain Archbishop Oscar Romero|date=6 March 2017|publisher=Crux|access-date=18 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419100628/https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2017/03/06/vatican-study-possible-miracle-slain-archbishop-oscar-romero/|archive-date=19 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2018/03/11/salvadoran-newspaper-describes-miracle-blessed-romero-cause/|title=Salvadoran newspaper describes miracle for Blessed Romero cause|date=11 March 2018|publisher=Crux|access-date=12 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311185306/https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2018/03/11/salvadoran-newspaper-describes-miracle-blessed-romero-cause/|archive-date=11 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 11 August, Paglia celebrated the Romero Centenary Mass in [[St George's Cathedral, Southwark]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romerotrust.org.uk/literature/anniversary-homilies-talks|title=Romero Anniversary Homilies & Talks – Archbishop Paglia: Romero Centenary Homily|date=4 June 2015|format=pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605204040/http://www.romerotrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/ART%20Paglia%20Homily%20Aug%202017.pdf|archive-date=5 June 2021|url-status=live|access-date=5 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/33172|title=Southwark: Mass to mark Bl Oscar Romero centenary
|date=11 August 2017|access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref> in London, where the cross and relics of Romero are preserved.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/22930|title=Salvadoran Cross with Romero relic for St George's Cathedral, Southwark|date=10 July 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170626071750/https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/22930|archive-date=26 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gloria.tv/post/avcWyF37Zp4c1NptG81buExqE|title=Relics of Blessed Oscar Romero in St George's Cathedral, Southwark.|date=15 May 2015|website=[[gloria.tv]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605205606/https://gloria.tv/post/avcWyF37Zp4c1NptG81buExqE|archive-date=5 June 2021|url-status=live|access-date=5 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agensir.it/quotidiano/2017/8/11/mons-romero-mons-paglia-ucciso-per-aver-scelto-i-poveri-possibile-canonizzazione-lanno-prossimo/|title=Mons. Romero: mons. Paglia, "ucciso per aver scelto i poveri". "Possibile canonizzazione l'anno prossimo"|date=11 August 2017|publisher=[[AgenSIR]]|trans-title=Romero: Mgr Paglia: "Murdered for having defended the poors. Possible canonization within the end of the year|language=Italian}}</ref> Subsequently, medical experts issued unanimous approval to the presented miracle on 26 October with theologians also confirming their approval on 14 December. The CCS members likewise approved the case on 6 February 2018. Pope Francis approved this miracle on 6 March 2018, allowing for Romero to be canonized and the date was announced at a consistory of cardinals held on 19 May. The canonization was celebrated in Rome's Saint Peter's Square on 14 October 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/11/salvadoran-priest-oscar-romero-saint-pope-francis-canonisation|title=Salvadoran priest Oscar Romero to be declared saint by Pope Francis|last=Sherwood|first=Harriet|date=11 October 2018|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=11 October 2018}}</ref>

Previously, there had been hopes that Romero would be canonized during a possible papal visit to El Salvador on 15 August 2017 – the centennial of the late bishop's birth – or that he could be canonized in [[Panama]] during [[World Youth Day 2019|World Youth Day]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2017/03/17/vaticaninsider/ita/inchieste-e-interviste/romero-santo-ma-quando-g6MNmjcCzc5hMBY5hOXBPN/pagina.html|title=Romero santo, ma quando?|date=17 March 2017|newspaper=La Stampa|author=Metalli, Alver|access-date=18 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419005640/http://www.lastampa.it/2017/03/17/vaticaninsider/ita/inchieste-e-interviste/romero-santo-ma-quando-g6MNmjcCzc5hMBY5hOXBPN/pagina.html|archive-date=19 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Romero was the first Salvadoran to be raised to the altars; the first martyred archbishop of America, the first to be declared a martyr after the [[Second Vatican Council]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elfaro.net/es/201810/el_salvador/22575/Y-El-Vaticano-dio-la-raz%EF%BF%BDn-a-quienes-veneran-a-San-%EF%BF%BDscar-Romero.htm|title=Y el Vaticano dio la razón a quienes veneran a san Óscar Romero|website=Y el Vaticano dio la razón a quienes veneran a san Óscar Romero}}</ref> and the first native saint of [[Central America]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laprensa.hn/mundo/monsenor-oscar-romero-santo-historia-canonizacion-homilia-el-salvador-iglesia-catolica-JWLP1224085|title=La historia de Monseñor Romero; el primer santo centroamericano|website=www.laprensa.hn}}</ref> ([[Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur]], who did all his work for which he was canonized in the city of [[Santiago de los Caballeros]] of [[Guatemala]], was from [[Tenerife]], [[Spain]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://fraymartindeporres.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/festividad-de-san-pedro-de-san-jose-betancur-hermano-pedro-primer-santo-canario-2/ |title=Festividad de San Pedro de San José Betancur (Hermano Pedro), primer santo canario |access-date=26 January 2019 |archive-date=11 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711125626/https://fraymartindeporres.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/festividad-de-san-pedro-de-san-jose-betancur-hermano-pedro-primer-santo-canario-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>) Romero had already been included on the [[Anglican Church]]'s list of official saints<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://evangelizadorasdelosapostoles.wordpress.com/2015/03/03/un-santo-para-la-iglesia-anglicana/ |title=Un santo para la iglesia anglicana |access-date=26 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403204420/https://evangelizadorasdelosapostoles.wordpress.com/2015/03/03/un-santo-para-la-iglesia-anglicana/ |archive-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and on the [[Lutheran Church]]'s liturgical calendar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americalatinacaribe.lutheranworld.org/es/content/arzobispo-cat%C3%B3lico-salvadore%C3%B1o-romero-amigo-y-un-gran-ecumenista-4|title=Arzobispo Católico Salvadoreño Romero: Amigo y un gran ecumenista|date=28 May 2015|website=América Latina y Caribe}}</ref>