Santiago Archives

Pilgrims return to Spain’s ‘El Camino’ paths after pandemic

Jun 5, 2021

Committing to the pilgrim’s path has for centuries been a source of renewal for those willing to put their lives on hold and spend days, weeks or even months crossing Spain along the Camino de Santiago, a journey that takes hikers to the reported burial place of the apostle St. James.

By Joseph Wilson and Iain Sullivan

Pope marks opening of Holy Door at Santiago de Compostela

Jan 5, 2021

Pilgrims who embark on the long journey of the Camino to Santiago de Compostela remind others of the spiritual journey all Christians make through life toward heaven, Pope Francis said.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Amid tumult over constitution, Chile watches two churches burn

Oct 19, 2020

Observers say it’s unclear why the two churches in Santiago, the national capital – the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and the parish of the Carabineros, Santiago’s police force – were targeted.

By Inés San Martín

Pope thanks pilgrim with disability who walked along Spain’s ‘Camino’

Jul 24, 2020

Pope Francis sent a letter of gratitude to a Spanish teen with an intellectual disability after the 15-year-old traveled more than 60 miles along the famed Camino de Santiago de Compostela.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Pope begins restoring normal governance to Chilean dioceses

Dec 27, 2019

Beginning the process of restoring normal governance to the dioceses of Chile in the wake of a massive clerical sexual abuse and cover-up scandal, Pope Francis named archbishops for the archdioceses of Santiago and Puerto Montt.

By Cindy Wooden

Argentine doctor faces prison for refusing abortion; Chilean Jesuit faces abuse accusations

May 23, 2019

Inés San Martín gives a roundup of Church news from Latin America.

By Inés San Martín

Meet the Chile prelate who may just have the Church’s toughest job

May 13, 2019

Bishop Celestino Aos Bracco may have few of the benefits of the post as leader of the Archdiocese of Santiago in Chile, but he certainly has its headaches.

By Inés San Martín

Ending abuse means changing hearts, not just decrees, Chile leader says

Apr 9, 2019

“Signing decrees is not enough,” said Bishop Celestino Aos of Santiago, Chile, which faces a mammoth clerical abuse crisis. “If it was, I’d be signing them already. We need to change hearts.”

By Inés San Martín