In El Salvador, a moment more precious than gold
Eco Catholic: Late March saw an amazing week in the Salvadoran struggle against mining. And we owe much of the magic to Gov. Carlos Padilla from the Philippines.
San Salvador, El Salvador
Vatican trial finds three El Salvadoran priests guilty of sex abuse
Three El Salvadoran priests have been found guilty of sexual abuse against minors at a Vatican ecclesiastical trial and suspended from their priestly duties, San Salvador's Catholic Church announced Sunday.
Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar of San Salvador said Francisco Galvez, Antonio Molina and Jesus Delgado, the biographer and former secretary of murdered Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, were expelled after a criminal trial held at the Vatican found them responsible for sex crimes committed between 1980 and 2000.
Salvadoran Supreme Court invalidates civil war amnesty law
El Salvador: Ruling could allow prosecution of alleged war crimes, including the murder of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the killing of six Jesuit priests.
Blessed Romero 'another brilliant star' belonging to church of Americas
On Saturday, the Catholic church beatified Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who was assassinated in 1980 while celebrating Mass.
As violence spirals, Salvadorans look to Oscar Romero as example
As El Salvador gets ready for the archbishop's beatification, the country is in the midst of one of its most violent periods.
Nuns who cared for Oscar Romero's relics wonder what will happen to them
The chapel of Divine Providence Hospital in El Salvador is one of the most visited places by local and foreign pilgrims. They come wishing to learn more about Archbishop Oscar Romero, the controversial archbishop who has become a Salvadoran icon.
In El Salvador, vandals damage statue of Oscar Romero - again
Vandals have damaged a prominent statue of slain Archbishop Oscar Romero, recently declared a martyr.
The right hand, which had been holding a cross, was cut off the nearly 10-foot monument, located near Plaza El Divino Salvador del Mundo.
Romero "is very much loved by a vast majority of Salvadorans, but he is also one of the most hated by a small minority," Marisa Martinez of the Archbishop Romero Foundation told Catholic News Service.
'The people in the parish have been waiting and waiting for this'
Archbishop Oscar Romero, now acknowledged by the church as a martyr, has always been so for those who knew him.
In El Salvador, Americans see firsthand legacy of murdered Jesuits
"This trip is an opportunity to deeply understand the history of El Salvador, the history of the martyrs and what their legacy was."
Shuttering of Salvadoran legal aid office 'especially worrisome'
A firestorm of protest has greeted the closing of a legal aid office that since the 1980s has helped victims of El Salvador's civil war.
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July 14-27, 2017
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