And the Vatican is expected to announce that it will open the process for Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero to possibly become a saint. Romero was assassinated 25 years ago last week as he celebrated Mass at a hospital chapel. He was a vocal critic of the death squads in El Salvador’s civil war. On Saturday Vatican officials plan to hold a ceremony in San Salvador to announced the opening of the beatification process — a move that would put him closer to sainthood.