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 Leo XIV greets a man and young women as he attends a meeting with the Algerian community at the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa in Algiers, Algeria, April 13, 2026. (OSV News/Simone Risolutie, Vatican Media)

World

What Pope Leo’s Africa trip is really about

Inés San Martín|Apr 21, 2026|6 Min Read

A woman reacts as she holds an image of Iranian late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a rally in Beirut March 1, after U.S. and Israeli strikes killed him Feb. 28. (OSV News/Mohamed Azakir, Reuters)

World

Keys to reading the US-Iran war through a Catholic lens

Inés San Martín|Mar 10, 2026|5 Min Read

A man becomes emotional as people in Madrid celebrate Jan. 3 in reaction to the news that the U.S. had captured Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro. (OSV News/Violeta Santos Moura)

Vatican

The Vatican’s cautious approach to Venezuela, explained

Inés San Martín|Jan 15, 2026|5 Min Read

A woman burns wood on the street to cook a meal for her husband and their daughter outside their home in São Paulo in 2022. (OSV News/Amanda Perobelli, Reuters)

Vatican

Why Pope Leo’s ‘Dilexi Te’ is important for us to understand poverty

Inés San Martín|Oct 22, 2025|5 Min Read

Vatican

How Leo XIV’s straightforward style is shaping his messages

Inés San Martín|Aug 26, 2025|4 Min Read

Vatican

Cardinal at center of Vatican trial claims he has been ‘reinstated’ by Pope

Inés San Martín|Aug 22, 2022|4 Min Read

A Nicaraguan exiled in Costa Rica holds up a drawing of Pope Francis with a Nicaraguan flag covering his mouth during the "Vigil of Faith and Freedom" outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in San Jose, Costa Rica, Aug. 19, 2022. (CNS photo/Mayela Lopez, Reuters)

World

The dilemma behind the Vatican’s silence on Nicaragua

Inés San Martín|Aug 22, 2022|5 Min Read

Auxiliary Bishop Silvio José Báez of Managua, Nicaragua, is pictured addressing the media in this 2013 file photo. (CNS photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)

World

Exiled Nicaraguan prelate challenges Pope Francis on bishop’s arrest

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

Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke of Ekwulobia, Nigeria, greets Pope Francis during a meeting with Nigerian bishops at the Vatican on April 28, 2018. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

World

New cardinal says he is worried about ‘survival of Christianity’ in Nigeria

Inés San Martín|Aug 17, 2022|10 Min Read

Nicaraguan Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes Solórzano of Managua leads a Marian event in the atrium of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua Aug. 13, 2022, after police banned a Catholic procession and pilgrimage in the capital citing internal security reasons. (CNS photo/Maynor Valenzuela, Reuters)

World

Ortega regime prevents Marian image from being displayed in diocese

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

Maria Lia Zervino, an Argentine who is president of the World Union of Catholic Women's Organizations, greets Pope Francis June 11, 2022, during a meeting in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. The Vatican announced July 13 that the pope had named Zervino to be a member of the Dicastery for Bishops. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Vatican

Will three women really shake up the Vatican’s bishop-making process?

Inés San Martín|Jul 26, 2022|4 Min Read

Nury Turkel speaks on the Protecting Religious Minorities panel at the 2022 Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Summit in Rome. (Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame via Crux)

World

Religious freedom is under fire across the globe, experts warn

Inés San Martín|Jul 21, 2022|5 Min Read