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May 23, 2017

Pope announces new cardinals from Mali, Spain, Sweden, Laos, Salvador

Pope Francis greets Swedish Bishop Anders Arborelius of Stockholm in 2016 at the Vatican. Cardinal-designate Arborelius is one of five new cardinals the pope will create at a June 28 consistory.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis announced he will create five new cardinals June 28; the new cardinals-designate come from Mali, Spain, Sweden, Laos and El Salvador.

Published in Vatican
February 1, 2016

Salvadoran priests: Government can't tell women when to get pregnant

A pregnant woman waits to be seen Jan. 29 at the Women's National Hospital in San Salvador, El Salvador. Health officials have urged women to postpone their pregnancies for two years, because the Zika virus can produce microcephaly, a rare neurological condition that causes smaller heads in newborns, affecting the normal development of their brain.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - The Salvadoran bishops have made no comment on a government recommendation to women to delay pregnancy because of the Zika virus, and priests contacted by Catholic News Service gave varied responses on their reaction.

Published in International
January 9, 2015

Panel advising Vatican unanimous that Archbishop Romero is a martyr

Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, an outspoken critic of human rights abuses in El Salvador who was gunned down while celebrating Mass in 1980, is pictured in an undated photo. A panel advising the Vatican's Congregation for Saints' Causes voted unanimously to recognize the late Archbishop Romero as a martyr.

VATICAN CITY - A panel of theologians advising the Vatican's Congregation for Saints' Causes voted unanimously to recognize the late Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero as a martyr, according to the newspaper of the Italian bishops' conference.

Published in Vatican