Share This: On October 14, 2018, Pope Francis canonized Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero as a saint. The bishop was murdered on March 24, 1980, by orders of the government from a single shot to the heart while officiating the Eucharist. He was declared “saint” for the love for God and humanity. He was declared “saint” for the miracle of his sustained, passionate, self-giving and life-giving love for God and justice gifted to the impoverished and dehumanized masses in El Salvador. It only took three years. On February 22, 1977, a few weeks after being named archbishop, Romero saw one of his friends, Rutilio Grande S.J., executed by the death squads.  From that…