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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Women gather for demonstration outside the Congress in favor of legalizing abortion, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, May 28, 2019. Activists are launching a renewed effort to legalize elective abortions in the homeland of Pope Francis after narrowly falling short last year. (Marcos Brindicci/AP via Crux)

World

Argentina bishops criticize new government’s decree liberalizing abortion

Inés San Martín|Dec 20, 2019|3 Min Read

Father Ibrahim Alsabagh speaks to his community in the Latin Parish of St. Francis in Aleppo, Syria. (Courtesy of Latin Parish of St. Francis via Crux)

World

Aleppo priest says dire Christmas awaits Christians trapped by Syria’s civil war

Inés San Martín|Dec 18, 2019|4 Min Read

A demonstrator near the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua, looks at pictures Nov. 2, 2019, of protesters who died during the protests against President Daniel Ortega's government last year. (Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters/CNS via Crux)

World

Nicaraguan Church leaders call out Ortega regime for human rights abuses

Inés San Martín|Dec 10, 2019|4 Min Read

A group of 33 migrants in Fiumicino Airport in Rome, accompanied by Polish Cardinal Konrad Krajewski after being brought from the Greek island of Lesbos. With the help of the Community of Sant’Egidio and at the express request of the pope, these asylum seekers were welcomed in Italy Dec. 4, 2019. (Ines San Martín/Crux)

Vatican

Refugees, migrants given safe haven by Vatican weep with gratitude

Inés San Martín|Dec 5, 2019|5 Min Read

Pope Francis speaks during a news conference on board the papal plane on his flight back from a trip to Thailand and Japan, Monday, Nov. 26, 2019. (Remo Casilli/AP Pool Photo via Crux)

World

Across Latin America, Church strives for dialogue amid chaos

Inés San Martín|Dec 3, 2019|6 Min Read

Pope Francis blesses a nativity scene during his weekly general audience, in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. (Andrew Medichini/AP via Crux)

Faith

Pope urges display of Nativity scenes in both public and private

Inés San Martín|Dec 1, 2019|5 Min Read

Jesuit Father Juan Carlos Scannone pictured at an unknown date. He passed away Nov. 27, 2019, in Argentina. (Twitter/ Jesuitas de Argentina y Uruguay)

Vatican

Pope’s late teacher: Francis' concept of ‘People’ just doesn’t work in English

Inés San Martín|Nov 29, 2019|7 Min Read

People wait outside as Pope Francis meets with medical personnel at St. Louis Hospital in Bangkok Nov. 21, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

In Asia trip, Pope Francis denounced more than one form of destruction

Inés San Martín|Nov 27, 2019|5 Min Read

Vatican

Pope says financial reforms are working, wants anti-nuke stance in catechism

Inés San Martín|Nov 26, 2019|7 Min Read

Pope Francis hugs Matsuki Kamoshita as he meets with victims of the March 11, 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in northern Japan Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, in Tokyo, Japan. (Jae Hong/AP via Crux)

World

Echoing Japanese bishops, Pope backs abolition of nuclear power

Inés San Martín|Nov 25, 2019|8 Min Read

Pope Francis lays flowers during a visit to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. (Gregorio Borgia/AP via Crux)

World

Pope in Japan condemns those who invoke peace, but keep nuclear arms

Inés San Martín|Nov 24, 2019|5 Min Read

Pope Francis speaks during a meeting for peace at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, Japan, Nov. 24, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

Pope calls money spent on nukes ‘an affront crying out to heaven’

Inés San Martín|Nov 24, 2019|6 Min Read