At massacre site, Salvadoran cardinal condemns vengeance, exalts peace
Salvadoran Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez blessed a monument commemorating a mass grave underneath it in a remote part of northern El Salvador bordering Honduras.
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by bcadmin | May 19, 2022 | Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez, Catholic News Service, Central America, Church in the Americas, El Salvador, News | 0 |
Salvadoran Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez blessed a monument commemorating a mass grave underneath it in a remote part of northern El Salvador bordering Honduras.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 23, 2022 | Beatification, Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Civil war, El Salvador, Franciscan, News, Pope Francis, saints and martyrs | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 13, 2021 | Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez, Catholic News Service, Central America, Church in the Americas, El Salvador, News | 0 |
Without naming the president, the Salvadoran bishops’ conference criticized an array of actions led by him and his loyalists, from an interpretation of El Salvador’s constitution aimed at allowing his reelection bid to proposals that could legalize abortion, as well as a recent law that turned Bitcoin into legal tender in the country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 8, 2021 | Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez, Catholic News Service, Central America, Church in the Americas, democracy, El Salvador, News | 0 |
After a top court in El Salvador ruled that a president can seek a second term, even though it’s against the constitution, the country’s only cardinal called on the world to help preserve democracy.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 6, 2021 | Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Central America, Church in the Americas, El Salvador, News, San Salvador | 0 |
On the eve of the country’s national feast, Salvadoran Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez urged peace and unity, while voicing worries that increasing political polarization is causing aftershocks caused by a “political earthquake” in the Central American nation.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 2, 2021 | Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, El Salvador, News, Violence | 0 |
Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez asked the country to pray “for liberation from Satan” Feb. 1 after violence erupted following a political rally late Jan. 31 in the capital, San Salvador.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 9, 2020 | Associated Press, Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, El Salvador, murdered priest, News, San Salvador | 0 |
A Catholic priest has been shot to death along a road in El Salvador and church authorities on Saturday called for investigation of the slaying.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 23, 2020 | Anti-Christian persecution, Bishop Jose Baez, Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez, Chile, Church in the Americas, COVID-19, El Salvador, lead, News, Nicaragua | 0 |
Bishops in El Salvador have defended the country’s cardinal after he was attacked in social media over his comments about the government. Meanwhile, the president of Chile attended the funeral of his late uncle, a bishop who was under investigation for sexually abusing a minor and a bishop in Nicaragua warned about the persecution of the Church.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 12, 2020 | Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez, Central America, El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, News, Salvador, U.S. & World News | 0 |
A Salvador cardinal urged “prudence” from the politicians in the Central American country as the president pushed congress to approve a package of security spending.
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