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."

Latest by Inés San Martín

Vatican

Pope asks for ‘wars, conflicts’ to give way to reconciliation

Inés San Martín|Apr 18, 2022|2 Min Read

More than 20,000 Christians take part in the Palm Sunday procession led by Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan in Qaraqosh, Iraq, April 10, 2022. (CNS photo/Syriac Catholic Patriarchate)

World

Holy Week in Iraq a sign that Christians are slowly returning to their homes

Inés San Martín|Apr 13, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope Francis kisses a Ukrainian national flag from Bucha as he meets Ukrainian refugees during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican April 6, 2022. (CNS/Paul Haring)

Vatican

What stands between the pope and a visit to Kyiv?

Inés San Martín|Apr 11, 2022|4 Min Read

Vatican

Pope says UN, international organizations ‘impotent’ in Ukraine war

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

Pope Francis attends a meeting with authorities and members of the diplomatic corps at The Palace in Valletta, Malta, April 2, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

Papal envoy to Ukraine says country supports possible papal trip to Kyiv

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

Ukrainian service members stand next to a dead body at a residential district that was damaged by shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 18, 2022, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues. (CNS photo/Marko Djurica, Reuters)

Vatican

Francis calls invasion of Ukraine ‘perverse abuse of power’

Inés San Martín|Mar 18, 2022|6 Min Read

Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny, interim president of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, visits Ukrainian refugees in Barabás, Hungary, on March 9. (CNS/courtesy Lambert Attila/Magyar Kurír)

World

Years later, the lessons of Syria loom over Pope Francis’ Ukraine diplomacy

Inés San Martín|Mar 17, 2022|6 Min Read

A court in Oran, Salta, northern Argentina, during the trial against former Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta. On March 4, 2022, he was found guilty of abusing seminarians. (Twitter/Ministerio Publico Oran via Crux)

World

Former Vatican bishop sentenced for sexual abuse in Argentina

Inés San Martín|Mar 4, 2022|2 Min Read

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, speaks at the U.N. headquarters in New York Sept. 28, 2019. (CNS photo/Brendan McDermid, Reuters)

World

Vatican’s top diplomat offers mediation to end ‘war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine’

Inés San Martín|Feb 28, 2022|3 Min Read

Pope Francis and Miguel Diaz, former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, participate in a virtual meeting titled "Building Bridges: A Synodal Encounter" with university students from North, Central and South America Feb. 24, 2022. The meeting was hosted by Loyola University Chicago, in partnership with the Holy See. (CNS screenshot/YouTube)

Faith

In online meeting with students, Pope says ‘violence does not build, it destroys’

Inés San Martín|Feb 25, 2022|5 Min Read

Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta. (ACI Prensa via CNA)

World

Bishop Zanchetta pleads not guilty at civil trial for sex abuse in Argentina

Inés San Martín|Feb 23, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope Francis waves atop the stairs of the papal plane at Baghdad International Airport March 8, 2021, following his March 5-8 visit to Iraq. (CNS photo/Alaa Al-Marjani, Reuters)

Vatican

Predicting the 2022 travel schedule of Pope Francis, ‘a man in a hurry’

Inés San Martín|Feb 18, 2022|5 Min Read