“I tell people all the time that a lot of my politics and a lot of the way I think about things, was influenced by them,” McGovern said, speaking of the Jesuits.
Salvadoran Martyrs
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Remembering Jesuit Father Charles Currie, who “lived his faith through action”
Politicians, educators and social justice leaders are remembering Charles Currie, S.J., whose passion for seeking justice in Central America made him a trusted adviser in Washington, D.C.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Salvadoran martyrs gave voice to voiceless, Vatican official says
The martyrs, who were murdered nine years after St. Romero was killed while celebrating Mass, were believed to have been targeted due to their outspoken calls for a cease-fire between government and rebel forces.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Church in El Salvador backs law declaring clean, affordable water as a human right
The archbishop of San Salvador says water is “monopolized and contaminated by industries,” and there needs to be a guarantee of access for “the multitudes.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
On Easter, Salvadorans bury priest assassinated during Holy Week
The killing has shaken Catholic Church officials, who say they still do not know what led to the assassination or what it means for the church.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope wants canonization of slain Jesuit to move forward, ambassador says
Father Grande was known as a champion of the poor and the oppressed at a time when El Salvador was on the threshold of a civil war, a war that eventually killed over 70,000 people.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
In solidarity with the slain Jesuits of El Salvador
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., former editor in chief of America, gave this homily at a memorial Mass for the Jesuits slain Jesuits at St. Ignatius Church in New York on Nov. 22, 1989.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Blessed Are The Pure of Heart: The Ellacuría Tapes
When we think of martyrs for justice in the world today the beatitudes that immediately spring to mind may be ldquo blessed are the peacemakers rdquo or even ldquo blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness rdquo We likely don rsquo t give much thought to the martyrs as the pur
Posted inFaith
Truth, Then Justice: Memory and healing in El Salvador
In Arcatao, El Salvador, a small town nestled amid stunning mountain vistas near the Honduran border, the Historical Memory Committee is charged with preserving the memory of the civil war that left more than 75,000 dead—and thousands more “disappeared”—between 1980 and 1992.
Posted inFaith
The Road From Aguilares: Twenty Years Later: Remembering the Martyrs of El Salvador
Twenty Years Later: Remembering the Martyrs of El Salvador