The martyrs beatified including a teenage boy, priests and a sacristan were part of more than 75,000 civilians killed during the country s civil war in the 1970s and 80s that ended with peace accords in 1992.
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (CNS) Unlike the spotless image of many holy men and women, a depiction of one of the new martyrs of the Catholic Church looks anything but polished.