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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FUCLAT protest in Casco Viejo, Panama, October 18, 2021. (Shutterstock)

World

Panama hopes Church can help with social unrest, avoid Nicaraguan example

Inés San Martín|Jul 15, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope Francis answers questions posed by Bernarda Llorente, the president of Télam, the Argentine news agency, during an interview June 20, 2022, in the Domus Sanctae Marthae where the pope lives. The interview was released July 1. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Vatican

Pope Francis confirms right to defense, but insists on ‘rethink’ of just war doctrine

Inés San Martín|Jul 1, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope Francis elevates the host as he celebrates Mass at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus, Dec. 3, 2021. On June 29, 2022, the pope issued issued an apostolic letter insisting Catholics need to better understand the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council and its goal on promoting the "full, conscious, active and fruitful celebration" of the Mass. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Pope Francis calls on Catholics to embrace Vatican II liturgical reforms

Inés San Martín|Jun 29, 2022|4 Min Read

A priest prays over a casket during a during a burial outside St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Nigeria, June 17, 2022. The Mass was for at least 50 victims killed in a June 5 attack by gunmen during Mass at the church. (CNS photo/Temilade Adelaja, Reuters)

World

Two churches attacked in northern Nigeria

Inés San Martín|Jun 20, 2022|4 Min Read

Kana Kajanga, 50, an internally displaced Congolese woman, cries inside a makeshift shelter at a church after fleeing renewed fighting near the Congolese border with Rwanda, outside Goma, Congo, on May 28. (CNS photo/Djaffar Sabiti, Reuters)

World

Pope’s statements draw attention to anti-Christian violence in lesser-known corners

Inés San Martín|Jun 20, 2022|5 Min Read

Father Edwin Román, an undated picture, in Nicaragua. (Twitter/Román via Crux)

World

Exiled Nicaraguan priest says Ortega regime is attacking Church

Inés San Martín|Jun 9, 2022|5 Min Read

Sister Dolores Zok, bottom left, with some Ukrainian displaced people who stayed with her congregation after fleeing their country. (Sister Dolores Zok via Crux)

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Religious sisters play key role in helping Ukrainian refugees

Inés San Martín|Jun 3, 2022|6 Min Read

Bishop Rolando Alvarez of Matagalpa, in the charitable Caritas agency’s center that was burned down in a fire ignited by pro-government forces earlier this year. Picture taken in mid-November. (Inés San Martín/Crux)

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Nicaraguan bishop goes on hunger strike to protest police harassment

Inés San Martín|May 20, 2022|3 Min Read

Cardinal Mario Poli of Buenos Aires, Argentina, distributes Communion during a Mass outside the Basilica of Our Lady of Lujan in Buenos Aires March 8, 2020. An audit ordered by the Vatican into the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires has revealed irregularities in the sales of church assets, but said no crimes were committed. (CNS photo/Agustin Marcarian, Reuters)

World

Making sense of ‘irregular’ happenings in Argentina

Inés San Martín|May 13, 2022|5 Min Read

Father Visvaldas Kulbokas, center, serves as translator as Pope Francis and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchange gifts during a private audience at the Vatican in this July 4, 2019, file photo. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, published May 3, 2022, Pope Francis said he would like to go to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin in an attempt to end the conflict in Ukraine. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Vatican

Francis compares Ukraine to Rwanda, unsure about arming Kyiv

Inés San Martín|May 3, 2022|4 Min Read

Elderly Chinese women are pictured praying at a Catholic church in Beijing in a file photo. (CNS photo/Reuters)

World

Persecution of Christians in China growing under Xi Jinping

Inés San Martín|Apr 28, 2022|4 Min Read

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and Pope Francis smile during a meeting at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana in this Feb. 12, 2016, photo. Pope Francis told the Argentine paper La Nación April 21, 2022, that a meeting with the patriarch planned for June has been canceled out of concern it could cause "confusion." (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Pope says proposed June meeting with Patriarch Kirill called off

Inés San Martín|Apr 22, 2022|3 Min Read