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by bcadmin | Sep 28, 2022 | Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, El Salvador, News | 0 |
The archbishop of San Salvador found himself under verbal fire for seeming to back reelection efforts by the Salvadoran president, even though the country’s constitution limits the post to one term.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 1, 2022 | Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas, Associated Press, Church in the Americas, El Salvador, Gang violence, News | 0 |
The Catholic archbishop of San Salvador said Sunday that most people support a months-long state of emergency that has rounded of tens of thousands of suspects in a crackdown on violent street gangs.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 19, 2022 | Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas, Catholic News Service, Central America, Church in the Americas, El Salvador, Gang violence, News | 0 |
12,000 Salvadorans have been detained by the government since March 27, the day legislators approved an emergency law that made detentions in the Central American country easier.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 15, 2021 | Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Central America, Church in the Americas, El Salvador, News, San Salvador | 0 |
On the 40th anniversary of one of the worst massacres in Latin American history, the head of the U.S. embassy in El Salvador said the diplomatic mission in the country has turned over all pertinent documents the U.S. has on the case.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 22, 2021 | Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, El Salvador, News | 0 |
The archbishop of San Salvador reversed course and said Jan. 20 he would allow investigators to view church archives related to a wartime massacre.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 18, 2020 | Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas, Cardinal Gegorio Rosa Chavez, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, El Salvador, News | 0 |
Salvadoran Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez called for transparency and dialogue and for political parties to find common ground as disagreements between government branches led to the expiration of COVID-19 restrictions even as confirmed coronavirus cases in the country are rising.
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