El Salvador

Catholics in El Salvador criticize government for moving a mural of Saint Óscar Romero

A recent decision by officials in El Salvador to remove a painting of Saint Óscar Romero from a prominent location in the nation's main airport and move it to a more secluded area, generated backlash from Catholics and opinion leaders, who have been critical of how the nation's government is treating national symbols while trying to rebrand the country as a safe and tourist-friendly destination.

Salvadorans celebrate St. Oscar Romero’s ‘faith, courage’ at Mass on anniversary of his assassination

With great enthusiasm and devotion, hundreds of Salvadoran families gathered for a March 24 Mass at the Sacred Heart Shrine in Washington to celebrate the feast of St. Oscar Romero, bishop and martyr from El Salvador.

More than two dozen reported dead after Julia lashes Central America

Authorities in Central America feared the number of dead would increase after the weather system known as Julia left much of the region buried in mud or covered in floods in early October.

Unaccompanied minors, a pandemic and politics mix at the border

For the past month, Magdalena Chávez and her sisters have spent their days praying for their 17-year-old nephew.

Forty years after killings, Salvadoran city claims Maryknoll Sisters as its own

On a bright and clear January afternoon, Bishop Oswaldo Escobar Aguilar walked into a cemetery and gently dusted off a white name plate on top of a sky-blue block of tombs. Making plans for the year ahead, he told secretary Violeta Esmeralda Serrano nearby that they needed to make sure the tombs were decorated with flowers Dec. 2.

Ex-Salvadoran officer: ‘High command’ gave order to kill Jesuits in ’89

A former Salvadoran army officer has testified that the "high command" gave orders to eliminate Jesuits priests during the country's civil war. He also said the Central American country's president would have known of the crimes to be committed and did not intervene.

Salvadoran cardinal calls for prudence, patience amid political turmoil

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.

Human Rights Watch says deportees killed after return to El Salvador

At least 138 Salvadorans have been murdered after being sent back to their violent Central American country from the United States, according to a report from Human Rights Watch.

Salvadoran archbishop asks pope to make Romero ‘doctor of the church’

Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas of San Salvador asked Pope Francis to proclaim St. Oscar Romero the church's first Latin American "doctor of the church."

In Washington, former sacristan remembers life with Oscar Romero

Marcelo Perdomo didn't think an earthly brush with holiness would take place in his native El Salvador next to the parish priest.

On Easter, Salvadorans bury priest assassinated during Holy Week

On Easter, as thousands of Salvadorans from around the country packed into the rural town of Lolotique, Catholic Church officials laid to rest a 36-year-old priest violently killed during Holy Week -- the latest victim of an unending wave of violence that plagues the country.

Salvadoran priest assassinated during Holy Week

Authorities said Father Walter Vasquez Jimenez was traveling with parishioners March 29 to officiate a Holy Thursday Mass in San Miguel when their car was stopped by an armed group wearing masks. The other passengers were set free after their belongings were taken, but Father Vasquez was abducted, shot and left to die.
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