In this Oct. 30, 2015, file photo, Pope Francis is presented with an image of Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero during a private audience granted to participants in the pilgrimage from El Salvador at the Vatican. Pope Francis has cleared the way for Romero to be made a saint, declaring that a churchman who stood up for the poorest of the poor in the face of right-wing oppression should be a model for Catholics today. (L’Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)
Need to know: Thursday, March 8, 2018
Pope approves sainthood for slain Salvadoran Archbishop Romero
Romero was gunned down by right-wing death squads on March 24, 1980, as he celebrated Mass in a hospital chapel.
Holocaust Museum revokes Suu Kyi’s human rights award
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Is bitcoin permissible in Islam? Muslims disregard clerics’ warnings and invest
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The Vatican hosts a hackathon
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