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A file photo shows a teenage girl from El Salvador being embraced by a family friend before leaving Vive La Case refugee center with her family in Buffalo, N.Y., to file a claim with customs officials at the U.S.-Canadian border to remain in the United States. Hundreds of faith leaders and organizations urged the Trump administration to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador before it expires in September 2026. (OSV News photo/Chris Helgren, Reuters)

Over 270 faith groups, bishops urge renewal of El Salvador protected status

Kate Scanlon|Aug 25, 2026|3 Min Read

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele takes part in a meeting at the Presidential House in San Salvador May 3, 2021. (OSV News photo/Secretaria de Prensa de La Presidencia handout via Reuters)

World

Salvadoran Catholic leaders speaking out more amid worries over democratic erosion

David Agren|Aug 11, 2025|4 Min Read

Archbishop José Escobar Alas of San Salvador is pictured in Washington April 13, 2018. Archbishop Escobar told reporters at a Dec. 1. 2024, news conference that President Nayib Bukele's nascent enthusiasm for gold mining would "cause grave, irrevocable damage to people's lives and health and that doesn't have a price." (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

World

El Salvador archbishop blasts mining law change, says it will cause 'irrevocable damage'

David Agren|Dec 3, 2024|2 Min Read

Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez, emeritus auxiliary bishop of San Salvador, greets parishioners after Mass at St. Marcellinus Church in Commerce March 18. (Victor Alemán)

World

Cardinal: El Salvador is not free, despite vast security improvements

Pablo Kay|Mar 25, 2024|8 Min Read

Bishop Menjívar

First Salvadoran-born bishop in U.S. urges personal 'transfiguration' while celebrating Divine Savior of the World

Andrea Acosta|Aug 15, 2023|5 Min Read

bukele prisons

A cardinal's prophetic warning against El Salvador's brutal gang crackdown

Msgr. Richard Antall|Apr 13, 2023|5 Min Read

Oscar Romero

World

St. Oscar Romero's 'faith, courage' celebrated at anniversary Mass

OSV News|Mar 28, 2023|4 Min Read

El Salvador

World

El Salvador crackdown on gangs causes human rights abuses, report says

David Agren|Dec 8, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope Francis enters the Clementine Hall in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Oct. 14, 2022, during a meeting with faithful from El Salvador, who came to thank the pope for the beatification of Father Rutilio Grande. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Fight for justice is not a political battle, pope tells Salvadorans

Carol Glatz|Oct 14, 2022|4 Min Read

Bishop Oswaldo Escobar Aguilar, head of the Diocese of Chalatenango, El Salvador, talks about his book on St. Oscar Romero at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 24, 2021, accompanied by Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez. Bishop Escobar says St. Romero's journey toward sainthood teaches us that God always helps the truth triumph. (CNS photo/Rhina Guidos)

Faith

St. Romero's sainthood journey helps us see God's plan of justice

Bishop Oswaldo Escobar Aguilar|Mar 15, 2022|4 Min Read

People pose with images of Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande following a Mass in his honor at a church in San Salvador, El Salvador, Feb. 22, 2020. The Vatican announced Feb. 22 that Pope Francis has recognized the martyrdom of Father Grande and two companions who were murdered en route to a novena in 1977. (CNS photo/Jose Cabezas, Reuters)

Faith

When the Church finds strength in the weakness of its saints

Msgr. Richard Antall|Feb 2, 2022|6 Min Read

Salvadoran Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez celebrates the beatification Mass for Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande, Franciscan Father Cosme Spessotto, Nelson Rutilio Lemus and Manuel Solórzano in San Salvador Jan. 22, 2022. (CNS photo/Octavio Duran)

World

Why Salvadoran Catholics are wary of Jesuit massacre case reopening

Inés San Martín|Jan 27, 2022|4 Min Read

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