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Salvadoran charged with killing 5 Jesuits to be imprisoned in Spain

Dec 1, 2017

A former colonel of the Salvadoran military, Inocente Orlando Montano Morales, has been ordered to be imprisoned in Spain, as... Read more

Archbishop Oscar Romero.

El Salvador cardinal says Facebook account posting Romero rumors is not his

Aug 14, 2017

A cardinal from El Salvador says that a Facebook account attributed to him is fake, and that he did not... Read more

Jose Arturo Castellanos.

The El Salvadoran who helped rescue 40,000 Jews from the Holocaust

Jul 30, 2017

José Arturo Castellanos was a Catholic from El Salvador who during the Second World War was sent as a diplomat... Read more

 Archbishop Oscaro Romero with young people in El Salvador in this undated file photo. Photo courtesy of Arzobispado de San Salvador/Oficina de la Causa de Canonizacion.

The murder case of Blessed Oscar Romero has been reopened

May 19, 2017

A nearly 40 year-old murder case was reopened this week to properly prosecute the suspected killer behind the Salvadorian archbishop's... Read more

An image of Blessed Oscar Romero in San Salvador, El Salvador, after his beatification.

Pope Francis: Every Christian must be prepared for martyrdom

Oct 30, 2015

By Elise Harris

On Friday Pope Francis reflected on the life and death of Blessed Oscar Romero, who was recognized as a martyr... Read more

Child migrants' home countries have only grown worse, US Congress is reminded

Oct 24, 2015

By Matt Hadro

The number of Central American migrants to the U.S. might be down this year, but their problems at home have... Read more

Archbishop Oscaro Romero.

Archbishop Romero, Salvadoran martyr, to be beatified May 23

Mar 11, 2015

May 23 will be the beatification date for El Salvador’s Archbishop Oscar Romero, an outspoken advocate for the poor and... Read more