Editing Óscar Romero (section)

=== Funeral ===
Romero was buried in the [[San Salvador Cathedral|Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador]]. The [[Requiem Mass|Funeral Mass]] on 30 March 1980 in San Salvador was attended by more than 250,000 mourners from all over the world. Viewing this attendance as a protest, [[Jesuit]] priest [[John Dear]] has said, "Romero's funeral was the largest demonstration in Salvadoran history, some say in the history of [[Latin America]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/honoring-oscar-romero-of_b_7342546|title=Honoring Oscar Romero of El Salvador|first=John|last=Dear|publisher=[[Huffington Post]]|date=20 May 2015|access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref>

At the funeral, [[cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] [[Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada]], speaking as the personal delegate of Pope John Paul II, eulogized Romero as a "beloved, peacemaking man of God," and stated that "his blood will give fruit to brotherhood, love and peace."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,923959,00.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204084814/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,923959,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 February 2013 | work=Time Magazine | title=El Salvador: Something Vile in This Land | date=14 April 1980 | access-date=12 August 2012}}</ref>

==== Massacre at Romero's funeral ====
[[File:Asistentes al funeral de monseñor Romero corren tras escuchar los disparos en medio de la multitud, en la Plaza Barrios, el domingo 30 de marzo de 1980.jpg|thumb|left|Attendees to Monsignor Romero's funeral run after hearing gunshots in the middle of the crowd, in Plaza Barrios, on Sunday, March 30, 1980.]]During the ceremony, smoke bombs exploded on the streets near the cathedral and subsequently, there were rifle shots that came from surrounding buildings, including the [[National Palace (El Salvador)|National Palace]]. Many people were killed by gunfire and in the stampede of people running away from the explosions and gunfire. Official sources reported 31 overall casualties, while journalists claimed that between 30 and 50 died.<ref name="Morozzo" /> Some witnesses claimed it was government security forces who threw bombs into the crowd, and army sharpshooters, dressed as civilians, who fired into the chaos from the balcony or roof of the National Palace.  However, there are contradictory accounts about the course of the events and one historian, Roberto Morozzo della Rocca, stated that "probably, one will never know the truth about the interrupted funeral."<ref name="Morozzo" />

As the gunfire continued, Romero's body was buried in a crypt beneath the sanctuary. Even after the burial, people continued to line up to pay homage to the assassinated prelate.<ref name="kell-bio">{{cite web |url=http://kellogg.nd.edu/romero/pdfs/Biography.pdf |title=Romero biography |access-date=17 January 2008 |work=Kellogg Institute, Notre Dame University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216120437/http://kellogg.nd.edu/romero/pdfs/Biography.pdf |archive-date=16 February 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="kell-chron">{{cite web |url=http://kellogg.nd.edu/romero/PDF%27s/Chronology.pdf |title=Chronology |access-date=17 January 2008 |work=Chronology of the Salvadoran Civil War, Kellogg Institute, [[University of Notre Dame]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216120438/http://kellogg.nd.edu/romero/PDF%27s/Chronology.pdf |archive-date=16 February 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="requiem">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/file_on_4/4376733.stm |title=Requiem for Romero |access-date=17 January 2008 |work=BBC News | date=23 March 2005 |first=Maurice |last=Walsh}}</ref><ref name="40killed">{{cite news |url=http://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/romero-wp-3-31-80.html |title=40 Killed in San Salvador: 40 Killed at Rites For Slain Prelate; Bombs, Bullets Disrupt Archbishop's Funeral |access-date=17 January 2008 |pages=A1 |author=Christopher Dickey |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] Foreign Service |archive-date=23 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023173314/http://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/romero-wp-3-31-80.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>