Select Page
by bcadmin | May 4, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, El Salvador, News, Obituary, San Salvador | 0 |
Retired Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle was laid to rest May 2 in the crypt of the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador, El Salvador, close to the resting place of St. Óscar Romero, whom he befriended and advised.
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 | 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 11, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, El Salvador, News, San Salvador | 0 |
El Salvador’s bishops called on citizens to show the best Salvadoran society is known for — faith, hard work and solidarity — not the rancor and violence on display during the last days of one of the most contentious political campaign periods in the country’s recent history.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 22, 2021 | Archbishop Escobar, News, San Salvador, ST. ÓSCAR ROMERO, U.S. & World News, Wartime massacre | 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 | Jan 19, 2021 | Archbishop José Escobar Alas, Archdiocese of San Salvador, El Mozote massacre, News, San Salvador, ST. ÓSCAR ROMERO, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The head of the Archdiocese of San Salvador refused to allow a judge access to church records on one of the largest modern-day massacres in Latin America, saying in a Jan. 17 news conference that he’s simply protecting victims.
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 More
Recent Comments