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Pope convenes cardinals and asks their priorities for 2 years

El Salvador

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele waves as he departs following a meeting at the White House with President Donald Trump, Monday, April 14, 2025, in Washington. (Credit: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP.)

Salvadoran bishops criticize President Bukele’s policies

Jun 7, 2025
Eduardo Campos Lima

In this photo provided by the president of El Salvador's press office, a prison guard transfers deportees from the U.S. alleged to be from Venezuelan gangs, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 16, 2025. (Credit: AP.)

Catholics lament their own impotence to intervene in case of Venezuelans deported by Trump

Mar 24, 2025
Eduardo Campos Lima

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks after receiving Costa Rica’s highest honor from President Rodrigo Chaves at the presidential palace in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (Credit: Jose Diaz/AP.)

Church opposes president’s plan to resume mining in El Salvador

Dec 3, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

A member of a feminist group holds a sign that reads in Spanish: “Bukele dictator,” during a protest against the vote tally that delayed results in the election at the Salvador del Mundo square in San Salvador, El Salvador, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. (Credit: Moises Castillo/AP.)

Church members note irregularities in Bukele’s reelection in El Salvador

Feb 16, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

Patrons sit at a food store decorated with a mural of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, who is running for re-election, in downtown San Salvador, El Salvador, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. (Credit: Moises Castillo/AP.)

Catholic group calls on ‘world’s coolest dictator’ to end prison without trial

Feb 3, 2024
Claire Page

Critics ask where Romero’s legacy is amid El Salvador’s ‘state of exception’

Nov 15, 2023
Eduardo Campos Lima

Fight for justice is not a political battle, pope tells Salvadorans

Oct 14, 2022
Carol Glatz

More than two dozen reported dead after Julia lashes Central America

Oct 11, 2022
Rhina Guidos

San Salvador archbishop under fire for presidential reelection comments

Sep 28, 2022
Rhina Guidos

Nicaragua bishops rally to support prelate detained by Ortega’s forces

Nicaragua bishops rally to support prelate detained by Ortega’s forces

Aug 8, 2022
Inés San Martín

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