Inés San Martín

Inés San Martín is the editor of MISSION Magazine, a publication of The Pontifical Mission Societies USA. She’s the co-host of the Spanish-speaking podcast “Descifrando a León."

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Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future is the first book written by a pope in response to a major crisis, and offers unique, practical guidance from the world’s pre-eminent spiritual leader on how to reflect on the pandemic as an opportunity to make a better world, a task which involves all of us. Pope Francis gives us hope—and a plan. Published by Simon & Schuster, 1st December 2020. (Austen Ivereigh's Twitter via Crux)

Arts & Culture

New book sketches Pope’s dream for a post-COVID world

Inés San Martín|Nov 23, 2020|7 Min Read

Juan José Omella, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain, left, talks with Vatican Secretary for Relations with States Paul Gallagher during a conference of EU politicians on re-thinking Europe, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017. (Andrew Medichini/AP.)

World

Spain’s bishops meet as religious freedom threatened in the country

Inés San Martín|Nov 18, 2020|6 Min Read

Luis Arce, center, Bolivian presidential candidate for the Movement Towards Socialism Party, MAS, and running mate David Choquehuanca, second right, celebrate during a press conference where they claim victory after general elections in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. (Juan Karita/AP via Crux)

World

Tumult over sex abuse, abortion and corruption grips LatAm church

Inés San Martín|Nov 16, 2020|8 Min Read

Iraqi Christians in Baghdad leave Christmas Mass at St. George Chaldean Church Dec. 25, 2019. (Khalid al Mousily/Reuters/CNS via Crux)

World

Iraqi priest doubles down on Christianity’s survival in the Middle East

Inés San Martín|Nov 9, 2020|8 Min Read

The Catholic seminary of San Rafael, in Mendoza, Argentina. (WikiCommons via Crux)

World

Protests continue in Argentina over decision to close ‘conservative’ seminary

Inés San Martín|Nov 6, 2020|4 Min Read

Chilean Bishop Celestino Aos, appointed by Pope Francis as apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Santiago, Chile, speaks with journalists April 8, 2019. (Inés San Martín/Crux)

World

For Chile’s new cardinal, his red hat came with a sisterly rebuke

Inés San Martín|Nov 4, 2020|7 Min Read

In this file photo, Participants take a group photo with Cardinal Peter Turkson, center, before he delivers the keynote address at the U.S. Regional World Meeting of Popular Movements at Central Catholic High School in Modesto, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. (Andy Alfaro/The Modesto Bee, AP via Crux)

Vatican

Popular movements meeting supported by Francis presents proposals for new economic system

Inés San Martín|Oct 26, 2020|4 Min Read

A protester gestures while a church is set on fire during a demonstration against Chile's government in Santiago Oct. 18, 2020, the one-year anniversary of the protests and riots that rocked the capital in 2019. (CNS photo/Ivan Alvarado, Reuters)

World

Chile church attacks reflect growing Latam wave of anti-Christian violence

Inés San Martín|Oct 26, 2020|4 Min Read

Fire from a molotov cocktail explodes in front of police as a police vehicle shoots water at protesters who marched against the commemoration of the discovery of the Americas, organized by Indigenous groups demanding autonomy and the recovery of ancestral land in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (Esteban Felix/AP via Crux)

World

Amid tumult over constitution, Chile watches two churches burn

Inés San Martín|Oct 19, 2020|5 Min Read

People react during a protest against police actions in Bogota, Colombia, Sept. 13, 2020. (Catholic News Service/Luisa Gonzalez, Reuters)

World

Can pope’s upcoming encyclical show Latin America a way forward?

Inés San Martín|Oct 2, 2020|5 Min Read

Cardinal Robert Sarah celebrated Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood, Sept. 28, 2019. (Evandro Inetti/CNA)

Vatican

Vatican says return to public Mass ‘necessary and urgent’

Inés San Martín|Sep 13, 2020|5 Min Read

A Puerto Rican flag flies outside a home Oct. 24, 2017, outside Las Marias, Puerto Rico. (Bob Roller/CNS)

Nation

Puerto Rico’s archbishop calls corruption ‘social, political and economic scourge’

Inés San Martín|Sep 1, 2020|5 Min Read