Los Angeles, Calif., Oct 15, 2018 / 16:00 pm
Thousands of Catholics in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles gathered in the cathedral on Sunday to celebrate as Oscar Romero was canonized in Rome.
St. Oscar Romero was canonized by Pope Francis Oct. 14, together with six other new saints. That same day, an estimated 3,000 people gathered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles for a Mass and celebrations.
Romero, who was the archbishop of San Salvador in the late 1970s, had been a major voice in defense of human rights for the Salvadorian people, especially during the early stages of the country's civil war.
Before the liturgy Sunday, Salvadorians performed traditional dancing, while clips of Romero's recorded homilies and speeches could be heard over the loudspeakers.