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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Cardinal Joseph Coutts of Karachi, Pakistan, speaks at a symposium on religious freedom presented by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See in Rome in 2018. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

Pakistan cardinal says homeland has ‘the good, the bad, and the ugly’

Inés San Martín|Oct 19, 2021|8 Min Read

Pope Francis poses with Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron, vice president, and Father Michael Fuller, interim general secretary, in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Oct. 11, 2021. The leaders of the USCCB meet the pope each October and visit Vatican congregations before the U.S. bishops' general meeting in November. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Nation

Archbishop Gomez says hierarchy not divided, even if they ‘have opinions’

Inés San Martín|Oct 13, 2021|7 Min Read

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, Pope Francis and Egyptian Sheikh Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of Al-Azhar, look on as children wave olive branches during a meeting in front of the Colosseum in Rome Oct. 7, 2021. The meeting was held to plead and pray for peace. (Paul Haring/CNS)

Vatican

Pope calls war a ‘stinging defeat’ for humanity

Inés San Martín|Oct 8, 2021|4 Min Read

Venezuelan Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, 79 (left), and Cardinal José Freire Falcão, 95 (right), died of complications from COVID-19 a few days apart from each other in late September. (Catholic News Service/Wikimedia)

World

COVID-19 claims the lives of two South American church titans

Inés San Martín|Oct 5, 2021|4 Min Read

Archbishop Anthony Fisher celebrates the opening Mass of the Plenary Council in Sydney, Oct. 3, 2021. (Australia Catholic Bishops Conference via Crux)

World

Australia’s grand experiment in synodality opens amid hopes, challenges

Inés San Martín|Oct 4, 2021|11 Min Read

Pope Francis and Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople arrive for the meeting, 'Faith and Science: Towards COP26', with religious leaders in the Hall of Benedictions at the Vatican Oct. 4, 2021. The meeting was part of the run-up to the U.N. Climate Change Conference, called COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 31 to Nov. 12, 2021. (Paul Haring/CNS)

Vatican

Pope Francis and faith leaders call for net-zero carbon emissions ahead of UN summit

Inés San Martín|Oct 4, 2021|4 Min Read

Vatican

Vatican employees without COVID Green Pass risk not getting paid

Inés San Martín|Sep 29, 2021|3 Min Read

Pilgrims on bikes are pictured outside the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain in this 2011 file photo. (Felix Ordonez/Reuters via CNS)

World

Spanish bishops oppose government registry of medical conscience objectors

Inés San Martín|Sep 29, 2021|3 Min Read

Vatican

As pope urges open doors, migrants face closures around the world

Inés San Martín|Sep 27, 2021|4 Min Read

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, is pictured during a visit to Berlin June 29, 2021. (Gordon Welters/KNA via CNS)

World

Vatican’s chief diplomat expresses concerns over AUKUS nuclear sub deal

Inés San Martín|Sep 23, 2021|4 Min Read

Cardinal Celestio Aós, Archbishop of Santiago, with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, during the traditional ecumenical tedeum held in the Cathedral of Santiago, Sept. 18, 2021. (Courtesy Archdiocese of Santiago via Crux)

World

Chile cardinal pushes politicians to honor ‘non-negotiable values’

Inés San Martín|Sep 20, 2021|4 Min Read

Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard his flight from Bratislava, Slovakia, to Rome Sept. 15, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Vatican

Pope says pro-choice politicians ‘outside community’ of Church, but urges pastoral response

Inés San Martín|Sep 15, 2021|5 Min Read