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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Pope Francis meets with Bishops at the Apostolic Nunciature in Tokyo, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. Pope Francis arrived in Japan earlier in the day for a three-day visit. (Gregorio Borgia/AP via Crux)

World

Pope calls himself a ‘missionary pilgrim’ in Japan

Inés San Martín|Nov 23, 2019|7 Min Read

In this Nov. 16, 2019, photo, a man walks by a poster of Pope Francis at the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, southern Japan. Pope Francis will start his first official visit to Japan in Nagasaki, ground zero for the Christian experience in a nation where the Catholic leader once dreamed of living as a missionary. (Eugene Hoshiko/AP via Crux)

World

Nuclear disarmament to be focus of Pope’s visit to Japan

Inés San Martín|Nov 23, 2019|5 Min Read

Pope Francis delivers a speech during a meeting of religious leaders at the Chulalongkorn University, Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP via Crux)

World

In Thailand, Pope tells religions to work for peace; Catholic youth to hold firm to faith

Inés San Martín|Nov 22, 2019|5 Min Read

In this photo released by The Royal Household Bureau, Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn talks to Pope Francis, his cousin Ana Rosa Sivori, and Thai Queen Suthida at Dusit Palace Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Bangkok, Thailand. (The Royal Household Bureau/AP via Crux)

World

Pope’s cousin takes star turn in Thailand as papal whisperer

Inés San Martín|Nov 22, 2019|4 Min Read

Pope Francis visits St. Peter's Parish, Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, outside Bangkok, Thailand. (Gregorio Borgia/AP via Crux)

World

Christianity shouldn’t be ‘foreign,’ Pope Francis tells Thai Catholics

Inés San Martín|Nov 22, 2019|7 Min Read

Catholics await Pope Francis before a Holy Mass at National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. (Sakchai Lalit/AP via Crux)

World

Pope tells Thailand’s Catholics to be ‘missionary disciples’ not ‘mercenaries of faith’

Inés San Martín|Nov 21, 2019|4 Min Read

Pope Francis, center, waves from the popemobile at St. Louis Hospital, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Gregorio Borgia/AP via Crux)

World

Thai woman calls Pope “Superman” for helping people

Inés San Martín|Nov 21, 2019|5 Min Read

Pope Francis waves as he arrives at Apostolic Nunciature Embassy of the Holy See in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. Pope Francis arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday to begin a tour of Thailand and Japan, part of a mission to boost the morale of those countries’ tiny minority Catholic communities and to speak about issues of concern including human trafficking and peacemaking. (Manish Swarup/AP via Crux)

World

Pope Francis attacks exploitation of women, children as he begins Thailand trip

Inés San Martín|Nov 21, 2019|6 Min Read

Pope Francis talks to his cousin Ana Rosa Sivori as he arrives at Military Air Terminal of Don Muang Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Gregorio Borgia/AP via Crux)

World

Pope’s visit to Thailand a ‘morale booster’ for tiny Catholic flock

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

The popemobile is seen in front of a Catholic church in Bangkok Nov. 12, 2019, ahead of Pope Francis' visit. The pope will visit Thailand Nov. 20-23 to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the establishment of the Apostolic Vicariate of Siam Mission, the first Catholic jurisdiction in what was to become Thailand. (CNS photo/Soe Zeya Tun, Reuters)

Vatican

From child prostitution to nuclear arms, Pope has a big agenda in Asia

Inés San Martín|Nov 18, 2019|8 Min Read

Father Edwin Roman attempts to convince the police to allow relatives of imprisoned and dead anti-government demonstrators to enter the San Miguel Arcangel Church in Masaya, Nicaragua, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. The relatives have started a hunger strike to demand the freedom of their relatives, jailed for protesting against the government of President Daniel Ortega. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga via Crux)

World

Pope says no to Argentina in 2020, yes to freeing Nicaragua prisoners now

Inés San Martín|Nov 18, 2019|6 Min Read

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, pauses in prayer before the tombs of priests killed during a terrorist attack in 2010 in the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Deliverance in Baghdad. The cardinal was visiting Iraq Dec. 24-28. (CNS photo/Vatican Media/file via Crux)

Faith

Martyrdom cause for All Hallow’s Eve church massacre in Iraq completes first phase

Inés San Martín|Oct 31, 2019|5 Min Read