Beatification draws huge crowds in El Salvador

Q: Oscar Romero - the Roman Catholic archbishop murdered during the 1980-92 civil war - was beatified last week in El Salvador in a ceremony attended by huge crowds. Beatification is the last step before Romero is declared a saint. Where is El Salvador?

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Q: Romero was assassinated in 1980 after speaking out against the Salvadoran army for using death squads to battle revolutionaries. Which nation was backing the army?

A. China

B. Cuba

C. Soviet Union

D. United States

Q: Romero's assassination occurred at a time of upheaval in Central America which included civil wars in Nicaragua and El Salvador's northwestern neighbor . . .

A. Belize

B. Costa Rica

C. Guatemala

D. Panama

Q: Several conservative cardinals in the Vatican blocked Romero's beatification for years, but that changed after Pope Francis became the first Latin American pontiff. Where is Pope Francis from?

A. Argentina

B. Brazil

C. Chile

D. Dominican Republic

Q: The beatification ceremony took place in El Salvador's capital . . .

A. San Jose

B. San Salvador

C. San Juan

D. San Sebastian


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