El Salvador's president, who has waged a war against criminal gangs that has imprisoned more than 70,000 people, has won a second term. Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez spoke of St. Oscar Romero interceding for the country.
Mientras que los cuatro mártires están un paso más cerca de la santidad, los salvadoreños en los Estados Unidos esperan que la designación pueda inspirar a la Iglesia Católica a centrarse en los pobres y marginados.
Commentary: El Salvador's Jan. 22 beatifications of two priests and two lay companions highlight our Salvadoran church's example as a martyrial church. All four died for the same cause: the Gospel.
The Biden administration has reinitiated and expanded an immigration program aimed at reuniting some immigrant parents in the U.S. with their children left behind in Central America.
El Salvador has set a Jan. 22, 2022, date for the beatifications of Jesuit Fr. Rutilio Grande, Franciscan Fr. Cosme Spessotto and two laymen, the Salvadoran bishops' conference announced Aug. 27.
Commentary: The Biden administration intends to address the "root causes" of the border crisis. But progress will require an understanding of how past U.S. actions contributed to the crisis in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
On the final day of a historic meeting of bishops and international Catholic organizations gathered at Mundelein Seminary outside of Chicago, they discussed the challenges the church faces even while trying to get Catholics to understand church teaching on migrants.
An expert witness testified to the "illegal" presence of a high-ranking U.S. military adviser who may have known about the plot to kill nearly 1,000 civilians who perished in El Mozote, El Salvador, nearly 40 years ago.
