Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga Archives

Cardinal Maradiaga, close papal adviser, hospitalized with COVID-19

Feb 5, 2021

Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga of Honduras, who leads the council of cardinals that advises Pope Francis in the reform of the Catholic Church’s central government, was hospitalized after presenting COVID-19 symptoms.

By Inés San Martín

‘It has been completely disastrous’: second hurricane hits Nicaragua

Nov 17, 2020

Hurricane Iota struck Nicaragua 15 miles south of where Hurricane Eta hit the Central American country just two weeks earlier, and early reports were of disastrous situations.

By David Agren

Category 5 hurricane set to hit Central America in same spot as Eta

Nov 17, 2020

Church leaders in Central America prayed for protection as a second hurricane in less than two weeks stormed toward the already battered region.

By David Agren

Hurricane deluges Central America, Mexico, leaving scores dead, thousands homeless

Nov 9, 2020

Pope Francis offered prayers for the victims of Hurricane Eta, which deluged Central America, claimed at least 50 lives and caused widespread flooding and property damage.

By David Agren

Led by women, Latin America rallies against modern-day slavery

Aug 21, 2020

ROSARIO, Argentina — Experts from around the world gathered online Friday to talk about the scope of human trafficking in Latin America, and to share best practices to prevent modern-day slavery that currently affects some 45 million people from the United States to Thailand. Ilva Myriam Hoyos Castañeda, a lawyer

By Inés San Martín

Facing fresh charges of financial scandal, all the pope’s men strike back

Oct 22, 2019

“They want to strike the papacy,” Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga said in an interview with Italy’s largest-circulation daily newspaper, La Repubblica. “First they depicted a church largely made up of pedophiles, now they’re suggesting economic recklessness, but it’s not so.”

By John L. Allen Jr.

New Vatican document to put evangelization ahead of doctrine

Apr 22, 2019

A new “super dicastery” on evangelization might be one of the most significant reforms of the governing structures of the Vatican, according to a new report.

By Inés San Martín

Who’s who in drama of cover-up accusation against Pope Francis?

Sep 1, 2018

There are so many bit players in the unfolding drama of a cover-up allegation leveled against Pope Francis by a former papal ambassador in the United States, a brief who’s who is in order.

By Inés San Martín