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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Chilean Fernando Karadima, the defrocked priest at the heart of a sexual abuse case that rocked Chile's Catholic Church, died of natural causes July 25, 2021. He was 90. He is pictured with a rosary inside the Supreme Court building in Santiago Nov. 11, 2015. (CNS photo/Carlos Vera, Reuters)

World

Ex-priest at center of Chile’s clerical abuse crisis dies

Inés San Martín|Jul 27, 2021|5 Min Read

Vatican

Grandparents admit, like Pope said, sometimes they feel ‘discarded’

Inés San Martín|Jul 26, 2021|5 Min Read

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is seen in Caracas Jan. 22, 2021. Maduro has accused Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, of unduly meddling in national affairs after the cardinal sent a letter to private business leaders calling for serious negotiations to resolve the ongoing crisis in the South American country. (CNS photo/Manaure Quintero, Reuters)

World

Venezuelan leader blasts Parolin letter as ‘compendium of hatred’

Inés San Martín|Jul 23, 2021|6 Min Read

Some 70 children received their first communion in the Nineveh Plains, in northern Iraq, on July 17, 2021. (Father Karam Shamasha/Twitter via Crux)

World

For Iraqi Christians, scenes of both horror and hope

Inés San Martín|Jul 21, 2021|4 Min Read

A homeless man eats a free breakfast in Bogota, Colombia, July 20, 2020. A Catholic group leg by a Franciscan priest is helping the homeless during the pandemic. (Manuel Rueda/CNS via Crux)

World

Latam bishops face unrest and division in Cuba, Colombia and Nicaragua

Inés San Martín|Jul 20, 2021|6 Min Read

A man wearing a protective mask walks past the Olympic Rings in Tokyo June 27, 2021, ahead of the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games, postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Fabrizio Bensch, Reuters)

World

Olympic athletes to be barred from Tokyo churches due to COVID

Inés San Martín|Jul 13, 2021|4 Min Read

Relic with the image of the Virgin of Chiquinquirá in the Basilica of Chiquinquirá, Colombia. (Wikimedia Commons)

Arts & Culture

New mosaic brings Colombia’s Marian patron to the Vatican Gardens

Inés San Martín|Jul 7, 2021|4 Min Read

A poster promotes presidential candidate and current President Daniel Ortega on the side of a bus, in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, June 17, 2021. In recent weeks, Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega's government has rounded up several opposition leaders, including at least six presidential challengers for the Nov. 7 elections. They face allegations ranging from money laundering to crimes against the state. (Miguel Andres/AP via Crux)

World

Bishop condemns latest opposition arrests in Nicaragua

Inés San Martín|Jul 6, 2021|3 Min Read

Screen caption of the map by "Reacción Conservadora" listing Argentina's pro-life personalities. (Twitter via Crux)

World

Critics say Argentinian blacklist of pro-lifers uses Dirty War tactics

Inés San Martín|Jun 16, 2021|4 Min Read

An anti-government protesters waves a Lebanese flag during clashes with security forces in Beirut Aug. 8, 2020. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters/CNS via Crux)

Vatican

Vatican summit a ‘source of hope’ for Lebanese Christians

Inés San Martín|Jun 3, 2021|4 Min Read

Vatican

Pope thanks God for cease-fire between Israel and Hamas

Inés San Martín|May 21, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis arrives at the Scholas Occurrentes headquarters, in Rome, Thursday, May 20, 2021. (Andrew Medichini/AP via Crux)

Vatican

Pope launches virtual ‘Fratelli Tutti’ school saying priests shouldn’t bless weapons

Inés San Martín|May 21, 2021|5 Min Read