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Today's Morning Edition music looks ahead to Saturday in San Salvador, El Salvador, when Catholics will celebrate the beatification of Óscar Romero. 

That honor is one step away from sainthood and comes after Pope Francis named him a martyr. 

When Romero was the archbishop in El Salvador in the 1970s, he was a vocal advocate for the poor and oppressed. He frequently spoke out against violence committed by the El Salvador government. 

On March 24, 1980, he was shot and killed while he led a Mass. 

Rob Hahn, a St. Paul resident and former Independence Party candidate for governor, learned about Romero when he was a student at the University of Notre Dame. The story inspired him to write a song, which he recently recorded with a band. 

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On Saturday, Catholics in El Salvador will celebrate the beatification of Óscar Romero.

Today's Morning Edition music looks ahead to tomorrow in San Salvador, where Catholics will celebrate the beatification of Oscar Romero. That honor is one step away from sainthood and comes after Pope Francis named him as a martyr. When Romero was the Archbishop in El Salvador in the 1970s, he was a vocal advocate for the poor and oppressed. He frequently spoke out against violence committed by the El Salvadorian government. On March 24th, 1980 he was shot and killed while he led a Mass. Rob Hahn, a St. Paul resident and former Independence Party candidate for governor, learned about Romero when he was a student at Notre Dame University. The story inspired him to write a song which he recently recorded with a band.

Óscar Romero's life and legacy honored in song

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