Will El Salvador receive the graces of what almost all agree was a graced moment?

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The full text of Pope Francis 39 message to the Archbishop of San Salvador read at mass today His Excellency Jos Luis Escobar Alas Archbishop of San Salvador President of the Episcopal Conference of El Salvador Dear Brother The beatification of Archbishop scar Arnulfo Romero Gald mez who w

When Blessed Oscar Romero 39 s relic the shirt he was wearing under his vestments when he was murdered was carried into the Beatification Mass this morning I ran back to the press tent to watch the procession on screen and to wait for my own video to upload It would have been a moving experie

With three hours still to go until the mass of celebration for the beatification of Oscar Romero the Plaza El Salvador del Mundo and the surrounding streets are filled with people some of whom slept in the street overnight through the downpours and the lightning The mood is celebratory but the g

While the beatification ceremony for Oscar Romero will be held on Saturday in Plaza El Salvador del Mundo in San Salvador many pilgrims are also visiting La Capilla del Hospital Divina Providencia the small church where Romero was assassinated while celebrating mass on March 24 1980 Some of Rome

At least two major newspapers’ editorial boards and a dozen members of Congress have joined the chorus calling for an end to jailing families whose immigration cases are pending as well as other reforms of immigrant detention.The editorial boards of The New York Times and The Seattle Times May

UPDATE A referendum approving an amendment to the Irish constitution which will legalize same sex marriage has passed by a large margin as early polls had predicted The only surprise is how well the quot yes quot vote did across all segments of Irish society Many had predicted a generational di

Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero's preferential love for the poor "was not ideological, but evangelical," said Cardinal Angelo Amato, the prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes.The cardinal, who was delegated by Pope Francis to preside over Archbishop Romero's beatifi

Marquette University released a statement on May 19 mourning the sudden death of Rev L c s Yiu Sing Luke Chan S J assistant professor of Theology Father Chan died on Tuesday May 19 at the age of 46 nbsp A visitation will be held Thursday May 28 from 1 nbsp p m to 4 p m at the nbsp Ch

The use of modern media to move and consume news of the beatification of Oscar Romero might be a fitting tribute to the Salvadoran archbishop.

Two years ago I was in El Salvador and asked a fellow Jesuit priest if he thought that Archbishop Oscar Romero mdash famously slain while celebrating Mass in 1980 mdash would ever be beatified The Salvadoran Jesuit rsquo s answer only when all of the people who loved Romero and all of the people w

Among the many fascinating relics to be seen in the small museum dedicated to Oscar Romero at the site of his assassination on March 23 1980 are several small shelves of books in his rooms at the time Most are the books of a churchman collections of homilies the liturgy of the hours a Roman Mis

Nebraska is showing the most visible signs of a change in thinking by Christians and conservatives on the death penalty and Catholics are helping to lead the way For many the catalyst has been a simple question ldquo If I value life how can I support taking a life when the death penalty doesn

May 22, 2015Santa MartaPope Francis says each of us should ask Jesus to gaze at us and tell us what we need to do to change our hearts and repent for our sins. We should consider whether Jesus looks at us with a call, with a pardon or with a mission? The Pope’s remarks came during his homily a

We are what we remember granted that memory is deep and wide and that sometimes who we are even who we rsquo ve been may yet surprise us Yet that which is completely forgotten if such be possible would be as though it had never occurred To be human is ever to reclaim one rsquo s past To live

You can’t change the prayer of millions 'without affecting the balance of the planet.'

The city will be filled with over 200,000 religious pilgrims in just about 36 hours.

Pope Francis recently sent a message to the Pontifical Council for the Laity on a topic that doesn 39 t often reach the Vatican radar sports and coaches An excerpt The influence of an educator especially for young people depends more on what he is as a person and the way he lives than what he s

Egypt's Catholic Church has pledged respect for the country's justice authorities after a deposed Islamist president was sentenced to death for alleged complicity in a planned jail break."After long deliberations, the Catholic Church has declared itself against the death penalty in gene