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Luis López-Portillo

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Luis López-Portillo is a communications adviser in San Salvador, El Salvador

Luis López-Portillo is a communications adviser in San Salvador, El Salvador

A woman holds a picture of late Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero during a Mass to commemorate the 35th anniversary of his assassination in San Salvador on March 24.

El Salvador, divided by its first saint

Belief

The archbishop whose assassination fueled a 1980s civil war is becoming a saint. That’s not helping El Salvador move from its divided past, although one writer expresses hope that it might.

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