Pope Francis has authorized the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints to promulgate a decree recognizing the martyrdom of Grande and his two lay companions. This suggests that they may soon be beatified—that is, declared “blessed”—most likely in a ceremony in El Salvador later this year.

The United States designates senior military officers as being directly responsible for the murders of six Jesuits and two others on the grounds of the University of Central America in 1989, a historic moment for justice in El Salvador.

Isabel Allende's novel of profound displacement reflects the life of someone who has known displacement as her permanent state.

The Amazon synod wrought three significant changes in the Catholic Church's way of proceeding.

The apostolic exhortation “Querida Amazonia,” conveys the suffering of the Amazon and its people in stark terms, writes Vincent J. Miller. We must not be distracted from its message.

He said he was grateful the government welcomed priests and women religious from abroad to the country. For some communities, it's the only way to keep the church alive in Cuba.